description: With uncommon humanity, candor, wit, and erudition, National Book Award winner Andrew Solomon takes the listener on a journey of incomparable range and resonance into the most pervasive of family secrets.The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews wit fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatments, and the impact the malady has had on various demographic populations around the world and throughout history. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness.The depth of human experience Solomon chronicles, the range of his intelligence, and his boundless curiosity and compassion will change the listener's view of the world.
language: English
title: The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression
titlecomplete: The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression
genres: Medicine, Biography, Mental Health, Science, Psychology, Nonfiction, Memoir, Health, Self Help, Mental Illness
ratings_count: 14123
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Book Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio