The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression
- Author: Andrew Solomon
- Narrator: Barrett Whitener
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 22:10:20
Synopsis
Andrew Solomon’s National Book Award-winning, bestselling, and transformative masterpiece on depression—“the 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.
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 as well as the reasons for hope. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications and 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 biological explanations for mental illness. With uncommon humanity, candor, wit and erudition, award-winning author Solomon takes readers on a journey of incomparable 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.
Chapters
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TheNoondayDemon 01 Introduction
Duration: 10min -
TheNoondayDemon 02 Chapter1a
Duration: 15min -
TheNoondayDemon 03 Chapter1b
Duration: 18min -
TheNoondayDemon 04 Chapter1c
Duration: 20min -
TheNoondayDemon 05 Chapter1d
Duration: 20min -
TheNoondayDemon 06 Chapter2a
Duration: 25min -
TheNoondayDemon 07 Chapter2b
Duration: 20min -
TheNoondayDemon 08 Chapter2c
Duration: 21min -
TheNoondayDemon 09 Chapter2d
Duration: 22min -
TheNoondayDemon 10 Chapter2e
Duration: 20min -
TheNoondayDemon 11 Chapter2f
Duration: 23min -
TheNoondayDemon 12 Chapter2g
Duration: 23min -
TheNoondayDemon 13 Chapter2h
Duration: 20min -
TheNoondayDemon 14 Chapter2i
Duration: 13min -
TheNoondayDemon 15 Chapter3a
Duration: 16min -
TheNoondayDemon 16 Chapter3b
Duration: 14min -
TheNoondayDemon 17 Chapter3c
Duration: 21min -
TheNoondayDemon 18 Chapter3d
Duration: 22min -
TheNoondayDemon 19 Chapter3e
Duration: 16min -
TheNoondayDemon 20 Chapter3f
Duration: 13min