The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression

A Scribner Classics edition of Andrew Solomons National Book Award-winning bestselling and transformative masterpiece on depressionthe book for a generation elegantly written meticulously researched empathetic and enlightening (Time)now with a major new chapter covering recently introduced and novel treatments suicide and anti-depressants pregnancy and depression and much more. Winner of more than a dozen awards The Noonday Demon takes readers on a journey of incomparable range and resonance (O The Oprah Magazine) revealing the subtle complexities and sheer agony of depression. Andrew Solomon interviews patients doctors and scientists policy makers and politicians drug designers and philosophers to describe the vast range of available medications the efficacy of alternative treatments and the impact the malady has on various demographic populationsaround 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 The Noonday Demon is a considerable accomplishment. It is likely to provoke discussion and controversy and its generous assortment of voices from the pathological to the philosophical makes for rich variegated reading (The New York Times).