the noonday demon an atlas of depression by andrew solomon

It is likely to provoke discussion and controversy, and its generous assortment of voices, from the pathological to the philosophical, makes for rich, variegated reading” ( The New York Times).Īndrew 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. With uncommon humanity, candor, wit, and erudition, The Noonday Demon “is a considerable accomplishment.

He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness. Andrew Solomon interviews patients, doctors and scientists, policy makers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers to describe 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. Winner of more than a dozen awards, The Noonday Demon “takes readers on a journey of incomparable range and resonance” ( O, The Oprah Magazine), revealing the subtle complexities and sheer agony of depression. 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.A Scribner Classics edition of 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.

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. E-Book Overview The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms.

The noonday demon an atlas of depression by andrew solomon