Malignant sadness : the anatomy of depression / Lewis Wolpert.

Author/creator Wolpert, L.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Free Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxii, 196 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents The experience of depression - past and present -- Defining and diagnosing depression -- Mania -- Other cultures -- Who gets depressed and why? -- Suicide -- Emotion, evolution and malignant sadness -- Psychological explanations -- Biological explanations and the brain -- Antidepressants and physical treatments -- Psychotherapy -- What works? -- An excursion to the East -- The future.
General noteOriginally published: London : Faber and Faber, 1999.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 186-191) and index.
LCCN 99045815
ISBN0684870584

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RC537 .W656 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold