On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:12:30 -0700, Carol DeVolder wrote:
Have any of you read *The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience
to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time*,
by Daniel Korb? Here is the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Upward-Spiral-Neuroscience-Depression/dp/1626251207/?tag=psychcentral
.
If anyone has read it (I haven't), is it worth the time? Is it accurate
or
useful? I'm always a bit cautious when I hear "positive psychology"
used as
a descriptor, but thought I'd check with you all.
Alas, I too have not read the book but a useful first step is to see
if it has been reviewed, especially in the APA book review
database "PsycCritiques". Unfortunately, a search of PsycInfo
only turns up the book. The PsycCritiques Blog also does not
have anything on it; see:
http://psyccritiquesblog.apa.org/
You can get more info about Alex Korb from his writing on the
Psychology Today website (which you can interpret either as
a positive or a negative ;-). His bio is available here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/alex-korb-phd
And one blog post that involves some of the ideas in
"The Upward Spiral" are somewhat represented here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/prefrontal-nudity/201408/90-seconds-yoga
I think his blog is called "PreFrontal Nudity" so that might be a
clue about the seriousness of his writing.
Then again, Google Books has the volume in preview mode
so you can read parts of it and decide whether it is worthwhile
to buy it or get it through interlibrary loan; see:
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=K8qnBgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT7&dq=%22The+Upward+Spiral:+Using+Neuroscience+to+Reverse+the+Course+of+Depression,+One+Small+Change+at+a+Time%22&ots=2QiWL4FlnY&sig=76PTX6qPItMBdHkUwn4lO7Uo2ds#v=onepage&q&f=false
My own opinion is that a lot of pop neuroscience self-help books that
are like "You Can Get Rich Through Neuroscience" but, of course, if you
fail, it's your fault. ;-)
-Mike Palij
New York University
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