An edition of The Noonday Demon (2001)

The noonday demon

an atlas of depression

Scribner trade paperback edition.
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Andrew Solomon
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An edition of The Noonday Demon (2001)

The noonday demon

an atlas of depression

Scribner trade paperback edition.
  • 4.33 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 214 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

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.

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Cover of: The noonday demon
The noonday demon: an atlas of depression
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in English - Scribner trade paperback edition.
Cover of: The Noonday Demon
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
April 2002, Scribner
Paperback in English - 1st Touchstone edition
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The noonday demon: an atlas of depression
2002, Simon & Schuster
in English - 1st Touchstone ed.
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Le Diable intérieur: Anatomie de la dépression
October 2, 2002, Albin Michel, ALBIN MICHEL
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The noonday demon: an atlas of depression
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Table of Contents

Depression
Breakdowns
Treatments
Alternatives
Populations
Addiction
Suicide
History
Poverty
Politics
Evolution
Hope
Since.

Edition Notes

"Now with a new chapter"--page [1] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-644) and index.

National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2001.

The Physical Object

Pagination
676 pages
Number of pages
676

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Open Library
OL27186679M
ISBN 10
1501123882
ISBN 13
9781501123887
OCLC/WorldCat
912553139

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The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policy makers and politicians, drug designers, and philosophers, Andrew Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease as well as the reasons for hope. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications and 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 biological explanations for mental illness.

With uncommon humanity, candor, wit and erudition, award-winning author Solomon takes readers on a journey of incomparable range and resonance into the most pervasive of family secrets. His contribution to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition is truly stunning.

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Depression is the flaw in love.
added anonymously.

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