Most books about mental health skip the biology entirely. They go straight to therapy or medication and assume the brain is already working well enough to respond.

The Brain Under Pressure starts before that. Sleep architecture. Stress physiology. Blood sugar and prefrontal function. Neuroinflammation. What your brain is running on before any intervention begins.

302 pages. Written for anyone with a brain and a reasonable suspicion that the conditions they’re asking it to operate in might be part of the problem.