The New Black

Mourning, Melancholia and Depression

Darian Leader

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Penguin
02 March 2009

Psychology; Coping with death & bereavement

A vital and searching exploration of sadness and depression in the age of anti-depressants and quick-fix solutions

What happens when we lose someone we love? A death, a separation or the break-up of a relationship are some of the hardest times we have to live through. We may fall into a nightmare of depression, lose the will to live and see no hope for the future. What matters at this crucial point is whether or not we are able to mourn.

In this important and groundbreaking book, acclaimed psychoanalyst and writer Darian Leader urges us to look beyond the catch-all concept of depression to explore the deeper, unconscious ways in which we respond to the experience of loss. In so doing, we can loosen the grip it may have upon our lives.

By: Darian Leader
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 172g
ISBN: 9780141021225
ISBN 10: 0141021225
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 02 March 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Darian Leader is a psychoanalyst practising in London and a member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research and of the College of Psychoanalysts - UK. He is the author of Why do women write more letters than they post?, Promises lovers make when it gets late, Freud's Footnotes and Stealing the Mona Lisa, and co-author, with David Corfield, of Why Do People Get Ill?

Reviews for The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia and Depression

Compelling and important ... An engrossing and wise book Hanif Kureishi Rigorous and engaging ... a rich, cogently argued and very timely book Irish Times Weekend Review His orthodox, psychoanalytical approach, produces an unpredictable, occasionally brilliant book. The New Black is a mixture of Freudian text, clinical assessments and Leader's own brand of gentle wisdom Herald