num_pages: 216
description: Some years ago Lewis Wolpert had a severe depressive despite a happy marriage and a successful scientific career, he could think only of suicide. When he eventually recovered, he became aware of the stigma attached to depression and of how difficult it was to get reliable information. So he undertook this written investigation into what science and psychiatry - and his own personal experience - could reveal about depression. Now with an additional introduction following the associated BBC2 series, this work also recounts the author's struggle with a second bout.
language: English
title: Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression
titlecomplete: Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression
genres: Biography, Mental Health, Science, Psychology, Nonfiction, Memoir, Health, Neuroscience, Mental Illness, Medical
ratings_count: 983
publisher: Gardners Books