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Karl Deisseroth: Projections (Hardcover, 2021, Random House) 4 stars

Karl Deisseroth has spent his life pursuing truths about the human mind, both as a …

An Engaging, If Not Meaty, Exploration of Psychiatry

3 stars

Karl Deisseroth explores various psychiatric disorders with flowery prose here, bringing in a bit of neuroscience and optogenetic studies to illuminate some of the underlying processes at play. By far the best chapter here is on schizophrenia, and since I've spent a lot of time interacting with people with schizophrenia I can tell you it very nicely captures the essence of those conversations and thought processes. As a heads up this is more of a memoir than a scientific book though, so plan accordingly.