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.
he Noonday Demon’s contribution to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition in general is stunning. The book examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Solomon reveals the subtleties, the complexities, and the agony of the disease.
Solomon, whose 1998 New Yorker article on depression garnered vast attention, confronts the challenge of defining the illness and the wide range of available drug treatments, the efficacy of alternative treatments, and the impact depression has on various demographic populations. He also explores the thorny moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness.
Like Jacques Barzun, Robert Hughes, or Elaine Pagels, Solomon employs a single lens—depression—and through it shapes a work of immense cultural significance. This book will change readers’ view of the world.
Translations
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Chinese (Taiwan) |
正午惡魔 / Zheng wu e mo: you yu zheng ji shi |
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Chinese (PRC) |
走出忧郁 / Zou chu you yu |
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Danish |
Helvedes malstrøm |
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Dutch |
Demonen van de middag: een persoonlijke geschiedenis van depressie |
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Estonian |
Talinn: Ann Tenno Press (forthcoming). |
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Finnish |
Keskipäivän demoni: masennuksen atlas |
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French |
Le Diable intérieur: Anatomie de la dépression |
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German |
Saturns Schatten: Die dunklen Welten der Depression |
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Greek |
Ο δαίμων της μεσημβρίας / O daímōn tēs mesēmbrías |
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Hebrew |
דמון של צהריים / Demon shel tsohorayim: anatomyah shel dikaʼon |
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Italian |
Il demone del mezzogiorno: depressione: la storia, la scienza, le cure |
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Japanese |
真昼の悪魔 : うつの解剖学 / Mahiru no akuma: utsu no kaibogaku |
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Korean |
한낮의우울 : 내면의어두운그림자우울에관한모든것 / Han nat ui uul naemyon ui oduun kurimja uul e kwanhan modun kot |
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Norwegian |
Mørke midt på dagen: en bok om depresjon |
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Polish |
Anatomia depresji: Demon w środku dnia |
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Portuguese (Brazil) |
O demônio do meio-dia: uma anatomia da depressão |
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Portuguese (Portugal) |
Lisbon: Sudoeste Editora (forthcoming). |
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Romanian |
Bucharest: Humanitas (forthcoming). |
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Russian |
Демон полуденный : анатомия депрессии / Demon poludennyĭ: anatomii depressii |
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Spanish |
El demonio de la depresión |
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Swedish |
Depressionens demoner |
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Turkish |
Depresyon atlası: depresyon hakkında merak ettiğiniz her şey |
