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This close to happy : a reckoning with depression
Merkin, Daphne
Paper Book
This Close to Happy is the rare, vividly personal account of what it feels like to suffer from clinical depression, written from a woman's perspective and informed by an acute understanding of the implications of this disease over a lifetime. Taking off from essays on depression she has...
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Breaking through depression : a guide to the next generation of promising research and revolutionary new treatments
Gold, Philip W.
Paper Book
"A thorough, up-to-date, and upbeat introduction to current scientific thinking about mood disorders and their treatment. An important resource for patients and their families--and for anyone curious about progress in psychiatric research."―Peter D. Kramer, Listening to Prozac
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Lost connections : uncovering the real causes of depression-- and the unexpected solutions
Hari, Johann
Paper Book
The New York Times bestseller from the author of Chasing the Scream, offering a radical new way of thinking about depression and anxiety. There was a mystery haunting award-winning investigative journalist Johann Hari. He was thirty-nine years old, and almost...
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The scar : a personal history of depression and recovery
Cregan, Mary
Paper Book
At the age of twenty-seven, married, living in New York, and working in book design, Mary Cregan gives birth to her first child, a daughter she names Anna. But it's apparent that something is terribly wrong, and two days later, Anna dies--plunging Cregan into suicidal despair. Decades...
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How to weep in public : feeble offerings on depression from one who knows
Novak, Jacqueline
Paper Book
This darkly funny memoir from "one of the next great stars in comedy" (Mike Birbiglia) doesn't offer help overcoming depression--just much-needed comfort, company, and tips for life inside the fog. "No one is able to synthesize the Venn diagram of depression and hilariousness...
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Life B : overcoming double depression : a memoir
Patrick, Bethanne Kelly
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A bracing and fresh look at a lifelong struggle with depression and mental illness Plagued by depression her entire life, it wasn't until her early fifties that writer and book critic Bethanne Patrick, advocating for her own care, received a medical diagnosis that would set her...
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