The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
Extensive research has gone into this international bestseller which examines depression in all its spheres.
Through his personal struggle with depression and interviews with fellow sufferers, the author sketches a dramatic and heartbreaking picture of the agony of this debilitating disease. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatment, and the impact the disease has on various demographic populations.
(Reviewed by Wilma Stassen)