Biologie für die Seele

Florian Holsboer, Germany's most renowned psychiatrist, shares his journey into the research of depression and his life as a scientist. He vividly and understandably explains his revolutionary approach to treating mental suffering.

His book is a brilliant blend of a medical foundational work, autobiography, and a manifesto for a biologically based and therefore humane approach to mental healing. The prevailing repair medicine will soon give way to tailored treatments. New medications are being developed that are tailored to the individual needs of each person. The new personalized medicine aims to prevent illness altogether or to quickly and efficiently heal complex mental disorders such as depression. We are living longer, and we owe this in no small part to advances in medicine. However, we also want and need to remain healthy for longer - Florian Holsboer's book illustrates how medicine must evolve to make this vision a reality.