Peter Whybrow: A Mania for Prosperity

Recorded Live: Sunday, March 12, 2006, 9:30 am PST

G U E S T :

• Peter Whybrow, M.D.,
  Director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA, author of American Mania: When More Is Not Enough

Moderated by : The Very Rev. Alan Jones,
Dean of Grace Cathedral

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About the Program:

Modern America is open 24-hours a day, is globally connected and has a lust for speed. While we can seemingly satisfy every desire we can dream up, depression and anxiety are rampant in the national psyche. Dr. Peter Whybrow has conducted research showing that human brains are ill equipped to deal with the culture we have created for them.

 
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