I ended up with the audio version and I wasn't too disappointed. This book was part of a reading challenge for me, but I also chose it because I wanted to better understand what my best friend goes through when she suffers her periods of depression. The depth of human experience Solomon chronicles, the range of his intelligence, and his boundless curiosity and compassion will change the listener's view of the world. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness. 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 had on various demographic populations around the world and throughout history.
Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews wit fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease. The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms.
OL15844319W Page_number_confidence 96.72 Pages 582 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200303194001 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1176 Scandate 20200303033545 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780684854670 Tts_version 3.With uncommon humanity, candor, wit, and erudition, National Book Award winner Andrew Solomon takes the listener on a journey of incomparable range and resonance into the most pervasive of family secrets. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:00:54 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1789408 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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