Posted by jay on September 21, 2005, at 22:47:56
..Dr. Peter D. Kramer's (of "Listening to Prozac" fame) "Against Depression" This book is one that argues for the complete obliteration, like a nuclear warhead hitting it's target, of depression. He calls it like it is...as evil as cancer, aids, etc. He talks of future genetic therapy, why we should be aggressive with the use of psych meds..all sorts of things, as if depression is the absolute, complete, most horrid, sick disgusting thing in existence. I also like how he takes the romance, the drama, out of the so-called 'creative' side of depression, and explains plainly that you can't be creative if you have been hiding from the world in pain, underneath the sheets...for years...or if you are intent on destroying yourself. This is *the* book of books on depression..and the fight against it.
Jay
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