"Several years ago, Lewis Wolpert had a severe depressive episode. Despite a happy marriage and successful scientific career, he could think only of suicide. When eventually he did recover, he became aware of the stigma attached to depression - and just how difficult it was to get reliable information. With characteristic candour and determination he set about writing this book, an acclaimed 4/5(2). · In addition to his scientific and research publications, he has written about his own experience of clinical depression in Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression. This was turned into three television programmes entitled 'A Living Hell' which he presented on BBC2. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in and awarded the CBE in Cited by: London, Faber and Faber, £ / CAN$ (xii + pages)Cited by: 1.
Two very different books are part of the latest crop of works about depression. Lewis Wolpert, a professor of biology at University College, London, and a noted science writer, chose the title ''Malignant Sadness'' to reflect his conviction that ''normal sadness is to depression what normal growth is to cancer.''. MALIGNANT SADNESS. The Anatomy of Depression. By Lewis Wolpert. pp. New York: The Free Press. $ PROZAC BACKLASH. Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and Other. Malignant Sadness The Anatomy of Depression By LEWIS WOLPERT Free Press. Read the Review. Malignant Sadness, is meant to emphasise the very serious nature of a depressive illness and also to reflect my conviction that normal sadness is to depression what normal growth is to cancer. I hope this book will prove interesting and helpful both to.
Wolpert brings together the best of current research (as of ) combined with his candid portrayal of his own battle with the demon of depression. He also includes historical and cultural studies. The combination provides readers with a well-written, well-researched, easy-to-understand, and hard-to-put down volume on depression--it's causes, care and cure. "Several years ago, Lewis Wolpert had a severe depressive episode. Despite a happy marriage and successful scientific career, he could think only of suicide. When eventually he did recover, he became aware of the stigma attached to depression - and just how difficult it was to get reliable information. The main title, Malignant Sadness, is meant to emphasise the very serious nature of a depressive illness and also to reflect my conviction that normal sadness is to depression what normal growth is.
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