Posted by Lorraine on July 9, 2001, at 12:30:01
In reply to Re: The Noonday Demon, posted by Noa on July 6, 2001, at 15:20:48
I have been reading this book as well and have to say that I love it. It is very intellectual--which appeals to me. The author is smart, well educated, pretty wealthy, gay and depressed. The first two or three chapters, where he describes his own depression made me cry repeatedly because his descriptions were "dead on". I don't agree with everything he says--he is too willing to go down that "is depression a disease when almost everyone has it" road. But that wouldn't bother me if the book weren't being read by "outsiders". I enjoyed his stuff on depression in different cultures, different treatments and so forth. He has tried a bunch of different treatments and gives his take on them. Pretty much endorses EMR (that eye movement thing for PSTD). The history section was a bit dull. But all in all a very good read. It's just in hardback so see if you can get it from the library or used.
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