Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness by David A. Karp

Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness

David A. Karp

256 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction psychology sociology informative fast-paced
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Combining a scholar's care and thoroughness with searing personal insight, Karp brings the private experience of depression into sharp relief, drawing on a remarkable series of intimate interviews with fifty depressed men and women. By turns poign...

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