Undercurrents

Informationen zum Autor Martha Manning, Ph.D., is a writer, clinical psychologist, and former professor of psychology at George Mason University. She is the author of Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface; Chasing Grace: Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up; and All Seasons Pass: Grieving Miscarriage. Manning has been recognized by the National Institutes of Mental Health for her work in education and advocacy and was awarded the American Psychiatric Association 1996 Presidential Award for Patient Advocacy. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post, Ladies' Home Journal, and New Woman. She has been featured on Dateline NBC, Good Morning America, C-SPAN, The Early Show, NPR's "Voice of America," and other radio and television programs. Klappentext This is the memoir of an ordinary woman—a mother, a daughter, a psychologist, a wife—who tells the tale of her spiraling descent into a severe, debilitating depression. Undercurrents pioneers a new literature about women and depression that offers a vision of action instead of victimhood, hope instead of despair. Zusammenfassung This is the memoir of an ordinary woman—a mother! a daughter! a psychologist! a wife—who tells the tale of her spiraling descent into a severe! debilitating depression. Undercurrents pioneers a new literature about women and depression that offers a vision of action instead of victimhood! hope instead of despair.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Manning, Manning Martha
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.1995
• EAN: 9780062511843
• ISBN: 978-0-06-251184-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Medicine: general issues, Memoirs, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Psychiatric and mental disorders, PSYCHOLOGY: General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Medical (incl. Patients), WOMEN'S STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIO, MEDICAL: Mental Health, MEDICAL: Nursing / Psychiatric & Mental Health, SELF-HELP: Mood Disorders / Depression, SELF-HELP: Mood Disorders / Bipolar Disorder, Psychiatric nursing / Mental health nursing, Women's Studies / Memoir & Bio