Harvard psychologist and bestselling author Daniel Gilbert has teamed up with Vulcan Productions and the NOVA/WGBH Science Unit to create a multimedia project called “This Emotional Life.” A 3-part documentary premieres on PBS January 4-6, 2010, but there is plenty going on already on the fascinating website, which features expert bloggers and clips from the…

Today is my pub date for my book, “Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes,” which means it is now in bookstores (theoretically anyway).   So I wanted to reflect on why I wrote it … I’m a tad over hearing about how depression and other mood disorders are…

Here’s an excerpt from the introduction of “Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes.” Some people are born with jagged edges–restless and discontent with volatile moods and intense emotions–explained author and professor Kay Redfield Jamison in an essay broadcast on NPR’s “This I Believe” series. And others emerged from…

I don’t know how the hell he does it. John McManamy. He thinks of things before I do. Like way before I do. And they are really good ideas! I really think I should have dedicated my book “Beyond Blue” to him because he’s plugging it more than I am! So here’s the deal. Check…

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