Before and After Loss, Lisa M. Shulman, MD
Before and After Loss, Lisa M. Shulman, MD
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Before and After Loss
A Neurologist's Perspective on Loss, Grief, and Our Brain

Author: Lisa M. Shulman, MD

Narrator: Donna Postel

Unabridged: 5 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/02/2018


Synopsis

In Before and After Loss, Dr. Lisa M. Shulman, a neurologist, describes a personal story of loss and her journey to understand the science behind the mind-altering experience of grief. Part memoir, part creative nonfiction, part account of scientific discovery, this moving book combines Shulman's perspectives as an expert in brain science and a keen observer of behavior with her experience as a clinician, a caregiver, and a widow.

Shedding light on the disconnect between conventional wisdom about loss and emerging knowledge on the neuroscience of emotional trauma as the cause of brain injury, Shulman explores not only the experience but also the science and psychology of loss. Drawing on the latest studies about grief and its effects, she explains what scientists know about how the mind, brain, and body respond and heal following traumatic loss. She also traces the interface between the experience of profound loss and the search for emotional restoration.

About Lisa M. Shulman, MD

Lisa M. Shulman, MD, is a professor of neurology, holds the Eugenia Brin Professorship, and is the Rosalyn Newman Distinguished Scholar in Parkinson's Disease at the University of Maryland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barrie

I loved the first chapter where she talks about her husband, his illness and his death. This was all deeply moving and articulate and would resonate with any widow/er. However, the grief section does not cite the real experts; Dr Neimeyer, Meaning reconstruction & Drs Klass, Silverman & Nickman Cont......more

Goodreads review by Monika

Pierwsza połowa dużo lepsza niż druga, ciekawe podejście do tematu żałoby od strony nie tylko osoby, która kogoś straciła ale tez od tej strony naszego mózgu i tego co się dzieje z naszą psychiką. Nie do końca przemówiła do mnie forma i podziała na cześć prywatną i naukową. Chyba lepiej by to zagrał......more

Goodreads review by Aaron

It was the most emotional most amazing read. I had the audio version, and the narrater was amazing. I did not lose a spouse, but I have had a recent loss. She described everything I felt inside. I would recomend this book to anyone who is stuck in grief for a very long period, but has no access to t......more