On depression : drugs, diagnosis, and despair in the modern world
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
On depression : drugs, diagnosis, and despair in the modern world
AUTHOR:
Ghaemi, S. Nassir
ISBN:
9781421409337
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
215 p. ; 23 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
ABSTRACT:
In a culture obsessed with youth, financial success, and achieving happiness, is it possible to live an authentic, meaningful life? This title asks readers to consider the benefits of despair and the foibles of an unexamined life.
SUBJECT:
| Depression -- psychology |
| Antidepressive Agents |
| Depressive Disorder -- diagnosis |
| Depressive Disorder -- drug therapy |
| Diagnostic Errors |
| Existentialism |
BIBSUMMARY:
In a culture obsessed with youth, financial success, and achieving happiness, is it possible to live an authentic, meaningful life? This title asks readers to consider the benefits of despair and the foibles of an unexamined life.