Description:
In Depression: Integrating Science, Culture, and Humanities, Bradley Lewis examines the various biomedical and socio-cultural ways in which depression has been categorized, described, and experienced across history and across cultures.
Review Quotes:
"Depression is a remarkable act of synthesis. Bradley Lewis expertly pulls together scientific, philosophical, and cultural literatures about this most enigmatic mental illness in compelling and highly readable fashion. The result is nothing short of a breathtaking rethinking of mental illness; one that takes science seriously, but that also engages with critiques of brain scans and pharmaceuticals. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about psychiatry, culture, and the relationships between them."--Jonathan Metzl, Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, Vanderbilt University