01659 a2200277 4500 178220590X 20250317100357.0 250312042018GB eng 9781782205906 Taylor & Francis GBP 35.99 BB 01 eng MKMT thema JMAF thema MMJT bic JMAF bic PSY000000 bisac PSY036000 bisac 616.8527001 bisac Barbara Dowds Depression and the Erosion of the Self in Late Modernity The Lesson of Icarus 1 Oxford Routledge 20180312 300 p Depression is not a disease of the brain, a genetic disability or even a mood disorder. Rather, shutdown, numbness or sadness are non-pathological adaptations to adverse childhood and adult environments. This challenging book thus understands depression as a wise response to an unliveable situation. It can teach us what is wrong with our lives and what we must learn in order to go beyond symptom relief and reconnect to our most fundamental needs, relational, existential and spiritual. Because moods shape how we engage with our outer and inner worlds, they underlie all human behaviour. If the sociocultural world is toxic or frustrates our core needs, we will withdraw to protect ourselves. Those who have encountered a non-facilitating environment in childhood will be even more sensitive to adult stresses, since their self-organisation is fragile and non-resilient. As depression is so complex, understanding it demands an integrative approach. 750 750