the noonday demon an atlas of depression by andrew solomon

Solomon, Andrew: - Andrew Solomon is a professor of psychology at Columbia University, president of PEN American Center, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, NPR, and The New York Times Magazine. His contribution to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition is truly stunning Book Details 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. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by biological explanations for mental illness. 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. 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.

The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. His contribution to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition is truly stunning.The Noonday Demon is Andrew Solomon's National Book Award-winning, bestselling, and transformative masterpiece on depression-'the book for a generation, elegantly written, meticulously researched, empathetic, and enlightening' ( Time)-now with a major new chapter covering recently introduced and novel treatments, suicide and anti-depressants, pregnancy and depression, and much more. With uncommon humanity, candor, wit, and erudition, award-winning author Solomon takes readers on a journey of incom-parable range and resonance into the most pervasive of family secrets. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness. 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.

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.

The noonday demon an atlas of depression by andrew solomon