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Can I read A Cure for Darkness : the Story of Depression and How We Treat It on EtoBox?
A Cure for Darkness : the Story of Depression and How We Treat It by Alex Riley [Alex Riley] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Cure for Darkness : the Story of Depression and How We Treat It about?
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 anyo
Who reads A Cure for Darkness : the Story of Depression and How We Treat It?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Alex Riley [Alex Riley]
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501198793
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Psychology, Psychology Theory, History & Research, Social_sciences