TY - BOOK ID - 80821294 TI - Depression and the self : meaning, control and authenticity PY - 2018 SN - 9781316481578 9781107138650 9781316503478 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Depression, Mental KW - Dejection KW - Depression, Unipolar KW - Depressive disorder KW - Depressive psychoses KW - Melancholia KW - Mental depression KW - Unipolar depression KW - Affective disorders KW - Neurasthenia KW - Neuroses KW - Manic-depressive illness KW - Melancholy KW - Sadness KW - Philosophy KW - Social aspects KW - Bipolar disorder UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80821294 AB - Depression is widely recognised as the leading disability worldwide. Though classified as a medical condition, depression also contains very personal and social aspects which are integral to the experience - as those who have experienced it know all too well. Drawing on research interviews with women who have experienced depression, this psychological study elucidates experiences of depression and the meanings attached to it. In so doing, Browne challenges current understandings of depression as a chronic and endogenous illness and stresses the importance of the perception of authenticity among depression sufferers. Written in plain language accessible to non-specialists, Depression and the Self argues that in depression, perceptions of control and the self are intertwined - and that this has important implications for diagnosis and recovery. ER -