A Cure for Darkness
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A Cure for Darkness

The Story of Depression and How We Treat It

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A Cure for Darkness

The Story of Depression and How We Treat It

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A fascinating, "rich, and generous" ( Financial Times ) look at the treatment of depression by an award-winning science writer that blends popular science, narrative history, and memoir. Is depression a persistent low mood, or is it a range of symptoms? Can it be expressed through a single diagnosis, or does depression actually refer to a diversity of mental disorders? Is there, or will there ever be, a cure? In seeking the answers to these questions, Riley finds a rich history of ideas and treatments—and takes the reader on a gripping narrative journey, packed with fascinating stories like the junior doctor who discovered that some of the first antidepressants had a deadly reaction with cheese."Interweaving memoir, case histories, and accounts of new therapies, Riley anatomizes what is still a fairly young science, and a troubled one" ( The New Yorker ). Reporting on the field of global mental health from its colonial past to the present day, Riley highlights a range of scalable therapies, including how a group of grandmothers stands on the frontline of a mental health revolution.Hopeful, fascinating, and profound, A Cure for Darkness is "recommended reading for anyone with even a peripheral interest in depression" ( Washington Examiner ).

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Publisher
Scribner
Year
2021
ISBN
9781501198793
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
History & Theory in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Introduction
  7. Part One: Cutting Steps into the Mountain
  8. Part Two: “The Biological Approach Seems to Be Working”
  9. Part Three: Getting Therapy
  10. Part Four: The Universe Within
  11. Epilogue: New Life
  12. Acknowledgments
  13. About the Author
  14. Notes
  15. Selected Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Copyright