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DEPRESSION
 Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression
by
Nell Casey
Perennial; (January 8, 2002)
"A reader on melancholy," the editor calls this book: a collection of 22
modern essays about depression by writers (several well known) who know
their subject intimately. Some face depression as a sudden interruption of
a previously gratifying life; others have never known life without it.
Their words wrestle to express their vision, their gloom, their attempts
to cope, their interactions, their isolation, and, often, their reactions
to medications. Some attempt to analyze their depression; others just want
you to know what it's like. Besides the essays by writers who have
experienced depression firsthand, editor Nell Casey (also a writer of one
of the chapters) includes a few essays by their spouses and siblings about
what it was like to live with a person suffering from depression.
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 On
the Edge of Darkness: Conversations about Conquering Depression.
by Kathy Cronkite
Doubleday: 1994.
"Individuals, including notables such as Kitty Dukakis, Rona Barrett,
William Styron and Rod Steiger as well as significant others of persons
with depression along with medical professionals, discuss various aspects
of living with depression and its ripple effect." NAMI
North Carolina Reading List
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 What
to Do When Someone You Love is Depressed.
by Mitch Golant, Susan K Golant.
Henry Holt, 1998.
"An excellent and helpful book for families dealing with clinical
depression." NAMI
North Carolina Reading List
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 Undercurrents:
A Therapist’s Reckoning with Her Own Depression.
by Martha Manning
Harper Collins: 1995
"As a wife, mother, and psychotherapist, Manning led a very full
life--until depression engulfed and overwhelmed her. She details her
experience with electroshock therapy, the treatment that delivered her
from the brink of suicide." NAMI
North Carolina Reading List
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 The Noonday Demon
by
Andrew Solomon
Scribner; (April 2002)
The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and
scientific terms. 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. 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. 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. His contribution to
our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human
condition is truly stunning. . Amazon Review
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 The
Beast: A Journey Through Depression.
by Tracy Thompson
GP Putnam and Sons: 1996.
"A dispassionate account of a lifelong battle to survive a mental illness,
by a journalist who helped herself become well -- one step at a time."
NAMI North Carolina
Reading List
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