{"product_id":"on-depression-s-nassir-ghaemi-9781421409337","title":"On Depression: Drugs, Diagnosis, and Despair in the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLasting happiness comes not from chasing the American dream but from living an authentic life--which includes despair.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a culture obsessed with youth, financial success, and achieving happiness, is it possible to live an authentic, meaningful life? Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorder Program at Tufts Medical Center, reflects on our society's current quest for happiness and rejection of any emotion resembling sadness. \u003ci\u003eOn Depression\u003c\/i\u003e asks readers to consider the benefits of despair and the foibles of an unexamined life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo often depression as disease is mistreated or not treated at all. Ghaemi warns against the \"pretenders\" who confuse our understanding of depression--both those who deny disease and those who use psychiatric diagnosis \"pragmatically\" or unscientifically. But experiencing sadness, even depression, can also have benefits. Ghaemi asserts that we can create a \"narrative of ourselves such that we know and accept who we are,\" leading to a deeper, lasting level of contentment and a more satisfying personal and public life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDepression is complex, and we need guides to help us understand it, guides who comprehend it existentially as part of normal human experience and clinically as sometimes needing the right kind of treatment, including medications. Ghaemi discusses these guides in detail, thinkers like Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, Karl Jaspers, and Leston Havens, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Depression\u003c\/i\u003e combines examples from philosophy and the history of medicine with psychiatric principles informed by the author's clinical experience with people who struggle with mental illness. He has seen great achievements arise from great suffering and feels that understanding depression can provide important insights into happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. Nassir Ghaemi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 142140933X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421409337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.79w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014","brand":"S. Nassir Ghaemi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43934796218623,"sku":"9781421409337","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ef297225-ba1b-4e71-b2dd-48a24641f1d4.jpg?v=1681416098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-depression-s-nassir-ghaemi-9781421409337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}