The scar : a personal history of depression and recovery / Mary Cregan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cregan, Mary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cregan, Mary--Mental health.

Cregan, Mary.

Depression in women--Patients--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Depression in women.

Depression, Mental--Treatment.

Depression, Mental.

Women.

Depressive Disorder--therapy.

Mental Health--therapy.

New York (State)--New York.

Mental health.

Medical Subjects:

Depressive Disorder--therapy.

Mental Health--therapy.

Women.

Local Subjects:

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 274 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]

Summary:

A graceful and penetrating memoir interweaving the author's descent into depression with a medical and cultural history of this illness.

When her first-born child died two days after birth, Cregan was plunged into suicidal despair. Decades later, sustained by her work, a second marriage, and a son, Cregan reflects on this pivotal experience and attempts to make sense of it. She weaves together literature and research while considering her life as part of the larger history of our understanding of depression. Weighing the benefits of shock treatment against its terrifying pop culture depictions, Cregan also explores the controversy around antidepressants and how little we know about them, and sifts through the history of the hospital where her recovery began. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Preface

What happened

What happened next

How to save a life

The paradise of bedlams

Where do the dead go?

Early blues

The promise of prozac

No feeling is final.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781324001720

1324001720

OCLC:

1037807443