Depression

Self-Consciousness, Pretending, and Guilt

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Depression

Self-Consciousness, Pretending, and Guilt

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Most studies of depression focus on the psychiatric or medical interpretation of the experience. Sadness and guilt are human experiences, Keen argues, not disease symptoms. They involve the intricate layers of enacting a style for others, of coping with moral crises, and enduring disappointment. Depression tells us of life and death, good and evil, but not sickness and health.

Keen begins with human consciousness, in contrast to the non-reflective consciousness of animals. It becomes clear that the social meanings of being depressed complicate and may even obscure the experiences of sadness and guilt that must be lived through and survived in human depression. The uniquely human and moral content is highlighted; the dysfunction of disease is demystified. Of particular interest to practitioners, professors, and students involved with psychology.

Table of Contents

Prologue
Introduction
Duplicity and Pretending
Volition
Pretending and Depression
Depression and Meaning
Loss, Anger, Fear, Longing, and Guilt
Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Pretending
Notes on Morality and Ontology
Guilt and Depression
Bibliography

Product details

Published Jan 30 2002
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 152
ISBN 9780275975678
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions 235 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Ernest Keen

ERNEST KEEN is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at…

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