Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness
- ISBN-10
- 0195113861
- ISBN-13
- 9780195113860
- Series
- Speaking of Sadness
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- David Allen Karp
Description
Combining a scholar's care and thoroughness with searing personal insight, Karp brings the private experience of depression into sharp relief, drawing on a remarkable series of intimate interviews with 50 depressed men and women. This important book pierces through the terrifying isolation of depression to uncover the connections linking the depressed as they undertake their personal journeys.
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