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• Book Title: The Noonday Demon
• Author: Solomon, Andrew
• ISBN: 701168196
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Year Published: May 3, 2001
• Our Price: £13.86 GBP ($22.87 USD)
• Description: Amazon.co.uk Review: Breakdowns are preposterous writes Andrew Solomon in his wide-ranging and illuminating study, The Noonday Demon: An Anatomy of Depression. With the current vogue for self-help books, medication doled out at the drop of a hat, and therapy-speak, it would seem that depression is a modern phenomenon, a reaction to the stresses of a consumerist, high-achieving world. Yet as Solomon explains, the word depression was first used in English to describe low spirits in 1660; prior to this time, the vagaries of the unquiet mind were termed melancholia. Bravely cataloguing his own series of depressive episodes, Solomon attempts to go to the roots of the illness--for an illness it is, and has to be treated as such--. Synopsis: The author looks at the subject of depression, mental illness and modern life . He digs deep into personal experience and loks at the wider picture - the historical, social, biological, chemical, pharmaceutical and medical aspects and implications of the disease. Solomon, who himself has experienced depression, describes the personal viewpoint. He also shows how it was treated in Greek and Roman times and how it is treated in modern times, describing the various cures from cauliflower to drugs, their side effects and the implications for the future of Western society.Comments: pristine -almost as new- immediate availability- Chatto & Windus 2001 - 560 pages.
• Condition: Used- Very Good
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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