A fascinating, "rich, and generous" ( Financial Times ) look at the treatment of depression by an award-winning science writer that blends popular science, narrative history, and memoir. Is depression a persistent low mood, or is it a range of symptoms? Can it be expressed through a single diagnosis, or does depression actually refer to a diversity of mental disorders? Is there, or will there ever be, a cure? In seeking the answers to these questions, Riley finds a rich history of ideas and treatments—and takes the reader on a gripping narrative journey, packed with fascinating stories like the junior doctor who discovered that some of the first antidepressants had a deadly reaction with cheese."Interweaving memoir, case histories, and accounts of new therapies, Riley anatomizes what is still a fairly young science, and a troubled one" ( The New Yorker ). Reporting on the field of global mental health from its colonial past to the present day, Riley highlights a range of scalable therapies, including how a group of grandmothers stands on the frontline of a mental health revolution.Hopeful, fascinating, and profound, A Cure for Darkness is "recommended reading for anyone with even a peripheral interest in depression" ( Washington Examiner ).
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- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Part One: Cutting Steps into the Mountain
- Part Two: “The Biological Approach Seems to Be Working”
- Part Three: Getting Therapy
- Part Four: The Universe Within
- Epilogue: New Life
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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