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02596aam a2200457Ki 4500 001 E6359C5E25FF11E5A8ED48CEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150709010042 008 150410s2015 nyu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781501123887 020 $a 1501123882 035 $a (OCoLC)907094347 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d MLY $d OCLCO $d SILO 082 04 $a 616.85/27/0092 $2 21 100 1 $a Solomon, Andrew, $d 1963- 245 14 $a The noonday demon : $b an atlas of depression / $c Andrew Solomon. 250 $a Scribner hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Scribner Classics, $c 2015. 300 $a 676 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Scribner classics 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 593-644) and index. 500 $a "Now with a new chapter"--page [1] of cover. 505 0 $a Depression -- Breakdowns -- Treatments -- Alternatives -- Populations -- Addiction -- Suicide -- History -- Poverty -- Politics -- Evolution -- Hope -- Since. 520 $a 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. 586 $a National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2001. 650 0 $a Depression, Mental. 600 10 $a Solomon, Andrew, $d 1963- 650 0 $a Depressed persons $v Case studies. 830 0 $a Scribner classics. 941 $a 9 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409031446.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125012344.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728010820.0 952 $l BPPB851 $d 20220419011350.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20210225010528.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528061154.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20200507010654.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204080917.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20150903010904.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E6359C5E25FF11E5A8ED48CEDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search