Before and After Loss - A Neurologists Perspective on Loss, Grief, and Our Brain Shulman Lisa M. Eugenia Brin Professor and Rosalyn Newman Distinguished Scholar in Parkinsons DiseasePaperback /

In Before and After Loss, Dr. Lisa M. 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. Shulman, a neurologist, describes a personal story of loss and her journey to understand the science behind the mind-altering experience of grief.

She also traces the 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.