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02092aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 CA8B6478164811E58A83ACD4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150619010045 008 131205s2014 nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 145161103X 020 $a 9781451611038 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)879549575 040 $a CNSAP $b eng $c CNSAP $d IAM $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d IW5 $d SILO 050 4 $a RC 082 0 $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. 260 $a New York : $b Scribner, $c c2014. 300 $a 576 pages ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Depression -- Breakdowns -- Treatments -- Alternatives -- Populations -- Addiction -- Suicide -- History -- Poverty -- Politics -- Evolution -- Hope. 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. 600 10 $a Solomon, Andrew, $d 1963- 650 0 $a Depression, Mental. 650 0 $a Depressed persons $v Case studies. 941 $a 3 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220902012240.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20180808030825.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20150722010224.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CA8B6478164811E58A83ACD4DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search