Living with Depression
Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair.
Jul 2001
Articles by Andrew Solomon: Depression & Suicide
Jul 2001
The Hidden Plague
Gay people experience depression in hugely disproportionate numbers. It is our community’s unacknowledged plague.
May 2001
I’m Not Mad. Or Am I?
An excerpt from "The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression".
May 2001
A Cure for Poverty
What if you could help end people's economic problems by treating their depression?
Apr 2001
The Longest Night
People travel from all over West Africa to take part in the mystic ndeup ceremonies practised by the Lebu people of Senegal. I decide to undergo the ritual.
Apr 2001
The Dying of the Light
An excerpt from “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression”.
Oct 1999
An Epidemic of Death
Review of “Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide,” by Kay Redfield Jamison.
Jan 1998
Anatomy of Melancholy
Depression afflicts millions of American each year, and many don't know where to turn when it strikes. The author recalls the greatest struggle of his life.
May 1995
A Death of One’s Own
Is it right to want to die? The author came to his own conclusion when his ailing mother decided that she had had enough.
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