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Books like The Noonday Demon
The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon is about depression, mental health, treatment. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- An Unquiet Mind
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Kay Redfield Jamison · Psychology
Kay Redfield Jamison is a psychiatrist and professor who has manic-depressive illness.
Read the summary → - Lost Connections
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Johann Hari · Health
Lost Connections is Johann Hari's argument that depression and anxiety are not primarily chemical imbalances in the brain but responses to social and environmental conditions — disconnection from meaningful work, close relationships, the natural world, a secure future, and status that feels deserved.
Read the summary → - The Depression Cure
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Stephen Ilardi · Health
The Depression Cure is Stephen Ilardi's account of Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC), a structured program he developed at the University of Kansas for treating depression without primary reliance on antidepressants.
Read the summary → - Spark
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John J. Ratey · Health
Spark is John Ratey's argument, grounded in neuroscience, that aerobic exercise is the single most powerful thing most people can do for their brain.
Read the summary → - Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Martin E. P. Seligman · Psychology
Martin Seligman's research career began with learned helplessness — the discovery that animals and humans who experience uncontrollable events generalize the uncontrollability to subsequent situations where control is actually possible, becoming passive even when action would help.
Read the summary → - 80/20 Running
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Matt Fitzgerald · Health
80/20 Running is Matt Fitzgerald's evidence-based argument that the most common mistake recreational runners make is training too hard, too often.
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