Depression
Subtitle: Self-Consciousness, Pretending, and Guilt
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; Praeger
Published: January 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780275975678
Subjects: Abnormal psychology; Clinical psychology; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Social, group or collective psychology; Depression; Industrial & Organizational Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Occupational & Industrial Psychology; Psychotherapy - Counseling; Self-Help; Depression, Mental; Guilt; Self-consciousness; Self-consciousness (Sensitivity)
First sentence: The behavior of a blue jay feeding on my back porch fascinates me.
Description: "Most studies of depression focus on psychiatric or medical interpretations. But sadness and guilt are human experiences, Keen asserts, and not disease symptoms. They involve intricate layers of enacting a style for others, of coping with moral crises, and of enduring disappointment. Depression tells us to life and death - and good and evil - but not sickness and health.".

"Beginning with human consciousness, in contrast to the non-reflective consciousness of animals, Keen examines the experience of depression and probes its personal, social, and moral meanings. He seeks to demystify the common misperceptions of "depression as disease" and, therefore, "depression as dysfunction."" "This work will be of particular interest to practitioners, professors, and students of psychology."--BOOK JACKET.