Episode · Huberman Lab · 2022-07-25
Books mentioned on The Science & Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
In this episode, I explain the biology, symptoms, causes and types of bipolar disorder (sometimes called bipolar depression).
Andrew Huberman recommended The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss and Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, and discussed The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Lithium Salts in the Treatment of Psychotic Excitement by John Frederick Joseph Cade.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The 4-Hour Body
The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss is a comprehensive, data-driven guide to physical optimization, covering unconventional health experiments, fat loss, and muscle building.
Recommended“Blinkist has terrific books available. For instance, I'm a big fan of Tim Ferris's 4-Hour Body, gleaned So much knowledge from that book.”
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Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker is a comprehensive exploration of the biology and profound impact of sleep on human health and longevity.
Recommended“Also from Nassim Taleb's book, The Black Swan and the great Matt Walker's book, Why We Sleep, which is a book that I've read several times and I actually listen to the synopsis of on Blinkist over and over because there's so many key takeaways.”
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The Black Swan
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an influential examination of how highly improbable, unpredictable events profoundly impact history, finance, and human society.
Discussed“Also from Nassim Taleb's book, The Black Swan and the great Matt Walker's book, Why We Sleep, which is a book that I've read several times and I actually listen to the synopsis of on Blinkist over and over because there's so many key takeaways.”
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Lithium Salts in the Treatment of Psychotic Excitement
Discussed“And as all good physician scientists do, he wrote up his results. And he wrote it up in a paper entitled lithium salts in the treatment of psychotic excitement. Okay, back then they didn't call it mania, they called it psychotic excitement. This is a paper that was published September 3rd, 1949 in the Medical Journal of Australia, a classic”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“For example, I'm a fan of Tim Ferris's *4-Hour Body*, which has provided me with much knowledge, as well as Nassim Taleb's *The Black Swan* and Matt Walker's *Why We Sleep*, the latter being a book I've read several times and frequently listen to summaries of on Blinkist due to the many takeaways it offers.”
“If any of you have seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the final scene or near final scene in that movie was Jack Nicholson with the sort of bite protector in his mouth and getting electric shock therapy, and it's as the name suggests, it's a kind of inducing a global seizure”