Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (503 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 006251184X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 201 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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.
In this sensitive journal covering the period 1990-1991, she credits electroshock with lifting her out of a life-threatening depression, though she concedes that it caused some memory loss and confusion. Her edgy self-portrait will probably fuel the debate over a controversial therapy. From Publishers Weekly Manning, a clinical psychologist, led a busy life as therapist, mother and psychology professor at George Mason University in Virginia when, in 1990, she sank into crippling depression. Simmering with misplaced anger at her husband, Brian, and fearful that their daughter, Keara, could not rely on her, Manning finally agreed to her psychiatrist's recommendation to submit to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Obsessed with images of death and plagued by suicidal thoughts, she vainly sought relief through antidepressants and psychiatric counseling. . $75,000 ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Informat
A Life Beneath the Surface Undercurrents is a memoir by Martha Manning, Ph.D., who is a clinical psychologist and was a former professor of psychology at George Mason University. Martha Manning's book raised many different opinions and thoughts to mind. She is so honest that her descent into such a haunting depression engages you in a whole new dimension of thought. Many books try and prove that depression is an illness worth looking at and worrying about. But this book does it. It really does. The author expresses the exp. A Customer said Superb.. This book is an incredible account of one woman's journey through depression. I was amazed at Ms. Manning's ability to describe her descent into the darkness and her struggle to survive. The most astonishing aspect of this account, which is described in a diary like form, is her amazing sense of humor. I had expected this to be a fairly serious book, given the subject matter, and was pleasantly surprised by how funny it could be. Like other reader's reviews, I found myself laughing out loud. And,. It was a very good read. the author described all the setbacks with Doris Morrill It was a very good read. the author described all the setbacks with depression and treatments. Liked the book.