DO YOU HAVE SADNESS, MELANCHOLY, OR DEPRESSION?
NPR's award winning show, 'To the best of our knowledge' does a great job of presenting a useful understanding of that feared state called Depression . This week's episode is entitled: 'This Sadness' is an excellent opportunity for you to investigate this mood, especially for those of you who've tasted it. Heal.
SEGMENT 1:Jerome Wakefield is co-author of "The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder." Wakefield tells Steve Paulson how the medical profession's attempts to make precise diagnoses have led them to define emotional states as medical conditions. SEGMENT 2:Joshua Shenk is the author of "Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness." Shenk tells Jim Fleming that Abraham Lincoln never attempted suicide, that we know of, but he refers to it in a…
SEGMENT 1:Jerome Wakefield is co-author of "The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder." Wakefield tells Steve Paulson how the medical profession's attempts to make precise diagnoses have led them to define emotional states as medical conditions. SEGMENT 2:Joshua Shenk is the author of "Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness." Shenk tells Jim Fleming that Abraham Lincoln never attempted suicide, that we know of, but he refers to it in a…