From Melancholia to Prozac
A History of Depression
Clark Lawlor
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"There was in him a mixture of that disease, the nature of which eludes the most minute enquiry, though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life, an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind, and a general sensation of gloomy wretchedness."
Posted on January 18, 2012
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'For two or three years the light faded from the picture. I did my work. I sat in the House of Commons, but black depression settled on me.' Starter for ten: who said this? (Apologies if you haven't watched University Challenge). It was Winston Churchill, arguably the greatest British prime minister and certainly one who played a crucial role in guiding his nation through the Second World War.
Posted on October 10, 2012
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