The noon devil - dissecting depression

The Noon Demon - The Anatomy of Depression :Author: AndrosolomonLanguage: ArabicPublication Date: 2024Book Format: PaperbackPublisher: Asir Books for Translation, Publishing, and DistributionNumber of Pages: 632Description: With exceptional humanity, unparalleled honesty, sharp intelligence, and encyclopedic knowledge, Andrew Solomon takes us on a journey into the depths of one of the most widespread and deadly mental illnesses. His contribution to our understanding of mental illnesses — and of humanity itself — is truly remarkable. The Noon Demon addresses depression from personal, cultural, and scientific perspectives. Relying on his personal struggle with the illness and interviews with many patients, doctors, scientists, politicians, and philosophers, Solomon reveals the most subtle aspects of the suffering caused by depression. He takes on the challenge of defining depression, clarifies the wide range of available medications, the effectiveness of alternative treatments, and the impact of depression on individuals around the world and throughout history. He also explores a range of ethical questions raised by modern biological explanations of mental illnesses. The depth of the human experience narrated by Solomon, his breadth of intelligence, boundless curiosity, and immense compassion — all of these will change the reader’s view of the world.