Depression. A very short introduction
Title: Depression. A very short introduction
Author: Mary Jane Tacchi, Jan Scott
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2017
Pages: 132
ISBN: 978-0-19-955865-0
Author: Mary Jane Tacchi, Jan Scott
Rating:
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2017
Pages: 132
ISBN: 978-0-19-955865-0
„In sooth, I know not why I am so sad,” says Antonio in the Merchant of Venice. However, he was by no means the only depressed Shakespeare character: if Hamlet or Macbeth had seen a modern doctor, they would have been prescribed antidepressants. Dante begins the Divine Comedy: „Midway on our life’s journey, I found myself in dark woods, the right road lost.” So, clinical depression seems to be as old as the human condition itself and it has a very fascinating history that spans the history of human knowledge and development. [Citeste tot Articolul]