ANIMAL MADNESS How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, Gorillas on Drugs, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves

Madeleine Maby is a pleasant choice to narrate this chronicle of dysfunctional animal behavior, which highlights various species that have developed emotional and mental problems--from depressed parrots to anxious dogs and distressed apes. Author Laurel Braitman, a science historian, demonstrates that there are certain parallels between the human experience and the experiences of animals. She believes that, with special therapies, animals, like humans, can recover from what ails their minds. Maby's compassionate and varied tone holds the listener's interest, though the material often seems like a string of anecdotal data rather than proven facts. Nonetheless, this audiobook will be of interest to animal and psychology enthusiasts alike. S.E.G. [Published: AUGUST 2014]