The noonday demon : an atlas of depression

The Resource The noonday demon : an atlas of depression
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The noonday demon : an atlas of depression
Title remainder
an atlas of depression
Statement of responsibility
Andrew Solomon
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The author offers a look at depression in which he draws on his own battle with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, researchers, doctors, and others to assess the complexities of the disease, its causes and symptoms, and available therapies. This book examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatments, and the impact the malady has on various demographic populations, around the world and throughout history. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness. He takes readers on a journey into the most pervasive of family secrets and contributes to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition
Awards note
National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2001.
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 616.85/27/0092
  • B
Index
index present
LC call number
RC537
LC item number
.S598 2001
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2001 I-575
  • WM 171
NLM item number
S689n 2001

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