
Against Depression
Peter D. Kramer(Author)
Penguin Classics (Publisher)
Published on 25. July 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-14-303696-8 (ISBN)
Description
In his landmark bestseller Listening to Prozac, Peter Kramer revolutionized the way we think about antidepressants and the culture in which they are so widely used. Now Kramer offers a frank and unflinching look at the condition those medications treat: depression. Definitively refuting our notions of "heroic melancholy," he walks readers through groundbreaking new research-studies that confirm depression's status as a devastating disease and suggest pathways toward resilience. Thought-provoking and enlightening, Against Depression provides a bold revision of our understanding of mood disorder and promises hope to the millions who suffer from it.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
459 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-303696-8 (9780143036968)
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Person
Peter D. Kramer
Content
Prologue
What It Is to Us
1. The Final Memoir
2. Return
3. What If
4. Ambivalence
5. Altogether
6. Charm
7. More Charm
8. Eros
9. Obvious Confusion: Three Vignettes
What It Is
10. Altogether Again
11. Getting There
12. Magnitude
13. Extent
14. Convergence
15. Resilience
16. Here and Now
What It Will Be
17. The End of Melancholy
18. Art
19. The Natural
20. Alienation
21. After Depression
Notes
Index