Introduction
Keys to a Healthy Mind: Navigating Anxiety and Depression
by Karin Tucker
Section 1: What Happens in the Brain
1.1 Is Depression Just Bad Chemistry?
by Hal Arkowitz & Scott O. Lilienfeld
1.2 Depression’s Evolutionary Roots
by Paul W. Andrews & J. Anderson Thomson, Jr.
1.3 Bad News for the Highly Intelligent
by David Z. Hambrick & Madeline Marquardt
Section 2: Manifestations of Anxiety and Depression
2.1 Why the Secrets You Keep Are Hurting You
by Michael Slepian
2.2 The Scientific Underpinnings and Impacts of Shame
by Annette Kämmerer
2.3 You’ve Heard of Postpartum Depression but Probably Not Postpartum Anxiety
by Dana Najjar
2.4 Is Chronic Anxiety a Learning Disorder?
by Daniel Barron
Section 3: Therapeutic Solutions
3.1 Finding His Wings
by David J. Hellerstein
3.2 We Can Actually Prevent Depression in Some Cases
by Ricardo Muñoz
3.3 A Three-Hour Fix for Phobia, a Four-Day Therapy for OCD
by Claudia Wallis
3.4 Can Talk Therapy Help People Who Are Unable to Experience Joy?
by Dina Fine Maron
3.5 Anatomy of an Intervention
by Francine Russo
Section 4: Lifestyle Interventions
4.1 Head Strong: Why Exercise May Be the Best Fix for Depression
by Ferris Jabr
4.2 In Search of the Optimal Brain Diet
by Bret Stetka
4.3 Being in the Now
by Amishi P. Jha
4.4 How to Cope with Uncomfortable Uncertainty
by Tori Rodriguez
4.5 The Remarkable Reach of Growth Mindsets
by Carol S. Dweck
Section 5: Mood-Altering Technology
5.1 Brain Scans: A Look Within
by John Gabrieli
5.2 Is an Antidepressant Right for You? Ask Your Brain Waves
by Karen Weintraub
5.3 Happy, with a 20 Percent Chance of Sadness
by Matt Kaplan
5.4 Why I Get My Brain Zapped
by David Levine
Section 6: Preventing Harm
6.1 Forestalling a Fatal Decision
by Lydia Denworth
6.2 How to Prevent Suicide with an Opioid
by Anne Skomorowsky
Section 7: Frontiers of Treatment
7.1 How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patient’s Brain
by Simon Makin
7.2 Psychedelics in Palliative Care
by Mellody Hayes
7.3 Can a Pill That Boosts “Resilience” Treat Depression?
by Gary Stix
7.4 Cultivating Emotion Regulation and Mental Health
by Scott Barry Kauffman
