 Depression, Too, Is A Thing With Feathers
Andrew Solomon's most recent book, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, has won fourteen national awards, including the 2001 National Book Award. He will speak on the nature of depression, drawing on personal experience, on interviews with others afflicted with the illness, and on the scientific literature. In order to break down the idea of depression as a modern, Western, middle-class illness, he will examine depression across history, across cultures, and across the class spectrum and identify the qualities that allow some people to have worthwhile lives despite episodes of depression while others are defeated by the illness. Book signing/ reception to follow. Co-sponsor: OLLI. Oct. 10 is National Depression Screening Day.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 4:00 p.m.,
Student Activities Center Auditorium
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