American Mania: When More Is Not Enough

A fascinating tapestry of fresh insights from psychiatry, anthropology, economics, neuro biology, and genetics. -- Frederick K. Goodwin, Former Director, National Institute of Mental Health, and host of public radio's The Infinite MindA provocative and novel meditation on the American fate, as we struggle with depression, obesity and substance abuse. -- Philip Bobbitt, author of The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of HistoryA trenchant indictment of our dominant values and mores, polemical but balanced, written with vigorous inspiration and gripping intensity. -- Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of DepressionThis is a brilliant book, which provides convincing genetic explanation for American exceptionalism. -- Deepak Lal, author of Unintended Consequences[A] fantastically important book. -- Bill McKibben, author of Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age[A] profound, engrossing, and entertaining, volume. -- Roderic Gorney, author of The Human Agenda[A]n astute and persuasive account of the stress, overwork, and rampant dissatisfaction permeating modern America. -- Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind