The Noonday Demon (112 page)

precursor episodes in,
44
,
77
–78,
83
–85

prevention of,
361

productive life changes engendered in,
410
,
435
,
437
–39

protective withdrawal of,
406

reaction of family and friends to,
62
–63,
69
–70,
94
,
162
,
238
–39,
383
,
411
–12,
423
,
437
,
438

realistic judgment in,
432
,
433
,
435

recurrence rates of,
56
–57,
60
,
80

in resolution of dominance conflicts,
404
–6

seasonal incidents of,
137
,
140
,
186
,
208
–9

sleep pattern disruption in,
144
,
145
–46,
220
–21,
455
,
466

somatic illness and,
25
,
446

of specific populations,
see
populations

statistics on,
12
–13,
25
–26,
352
–53,
446
,
447

stigmatization of,
285
,
292
–95,
362
,
363
–66,
370
,
373
,
383
–84

substance abuse and,
see
alcoholism; substance abuse

suicide and,
see
suicide

survival strategies in,
81
–83,
86
–87,
98
–99,
443

symptoms of,
48
,
335
–36

trauma-based types of,
62
–63,
140
–41,
158
–59

treatment of,
see
treatment;
specific modes of treatment

triggers of,
62
,
63
,
450

ubiquity of,
14
,
25
,
26
,
446

vulnerability to other diseases increased by,
374

Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association (DRADA),
159

Descartes, René,
306
,
315
–16

desipramine,
383

De Wester, Jeffrey,
446

Dewey, John,
328

dexamphetamine,
92

Dexedrine,
62
,
116
,
119
,
235

diabetes,
22
,
59
,
362

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV),
20
,
25
,
243

Dickens, Charles,
321
,
485

Dickinson, Emily,
52
,
271
,
438
,
448
,
498

diet,
138
–39,
290
,
291
,
327
,
454

Diouf, Mareme,
166
–67,
168
,
169
,
170

disability status,
367
–68

Discourse of Melancholike Diseases
(Du Laurens),
298
–99

Ditropan,
422

divine madness,
288
,
295
–96

Domenici, Pete,
369
,
372
,
373
,
375
–76,
377

domestic abuse,
177
,
178
–79,
355
–56,
428
–29

dominance behavior:

animal serotonin levels and,
113
–14

depression utilized in conflicts of,
404
–6

Dominican culture,
194
–95

Donne, John,
247

dopamine,
113
,
114
,
117
,
118

early research on,
332
,
333

ECT enhancement of,
123

sleep effects on,
145

substance abuse effects on,
217
,
218
,
219
,
231
,
233
,
467
,
469

dopamine-enhancing drugs,
116
,
117

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,
268
,
440

Downey, Jennifer,
203
–5,
463

downward drift hypothesis,
353

DRADA (Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association),
159

drop-in centers,
391
–92

drugs:

legal vs. illegal,
235
–36

over-the-counter,
398

see also
antidepressant medications; pharmaceutical industry; substance abuse;
specific drugs

Dryden, John,
310

dry mouth, gingivitis caused by,
422

DSM-IV
(
Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual
),
20
,
25
,
243

Du Laurens, Andreas,
298
,
303
,
479
,
480

Durkheim, Émile,
249
–50,
252
,
472

Dworkin, Ronald,
278

dyslexia,
40

East Asian culture,
200

eating disorders,
175
,
176
,
313
,
435

Ecclesiastes, Book of,
315

Eccleston, Donald,
487

ecstasy (E) (MDMA),
222
,
232
–34,
235

ECT,
see
electroconvulsive therapy

Edgson, Vicki,
139

Effexor/Efexor(venlafaxine),
76
,
78
,
86
,
87
,
114
,
118
,
119
,
235
,
334
,
447

Einheitspsychose,
319

Einstein, Albert,
132

Elavil,
114

elderly:

circulatory deficiencies of,
307

depression among,
189
–93,
259
,
307
,
461
–62

suicides of,
258
–59,
270

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT),
101
,
120
–23

brain metabolic effects of,
123

brief-pulse square-wave stimulus vs. sine-wave stimulus in,
121

effectiveness of,
62
,
75
,
120
,
122
–23,
163
,
397
,
453
–54

for elderly,
190

emotional distance after,
82

experience of,
75
–76,
121

magnetic therapy vs.,
139

memory loss from,
76
,
82
,
122
,
123
,
423

rapid action of,
120
,
122

resistance toward,
122
,
123
,
163

social stigmatization and,
122
,
123
,
367

suicidal impulses curtailed by,
252

unilateral vs. bilateral,
121
,
454

“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” (Gray),
312

Eli Lilly,
334
,
395

Eliot, George,
437
–38

Eliot, T. S.,
225
,
270
–71

EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy,
137
,
140
–41,
144
,
158
,
394
,
454

emergency room treatment,
83
–85,
381

emotion:

animal experiences of,
402
–3

brain asymmetry and,
418
,
419

in limbic system,
414
–15

mood vs.,
403

range of,
412
–14

sensations as triggers of,
402

emotional repression, therapeutic recovery from,
36
–37,
350
–51

Emotions Anonymous,
240

Empedocles,
286

employment,
337
,
351
,
366
–68,
370
,
374
,
376
,
392
,
425
,
428

health care coverage through,
372

modern choices of,
406

productivity losses and,
371

salutary effects of,
374

Enchantment Resort,
454

endorphins,
138
,
223
,
229
,
467
–68

energy therapies,
136
–37

England:

cultural norms of drinking in,
226

gas-related suicides in,
255

Victorian asylums in,
318
–19

English Renaissance,
296
–97

Enigma of Suicide, The
(Colt),
243

enkephalin,
218

environmental crisis,
30
–31

ephedrine,
116

epinephrine,
332
,
333

Erasistratus of Juli,
289

Eskimo (Inuit) peoples, depression in,
208
–15

Esquirol, J. E. D.,
484
–85

estrogen levels,
117
,
173
,
457

ethnicity,
194
–200

African-American,
195
–200,
351

Cambodian,
32
–37

East Asian,
200

Hispanic,
194
–95,
343

Inuit Eskimo,
208
–15

Jewish,
180

Russian,
200
–201,
226
–27

West African,
165
–70

euthanasia,
268
–73,
275
,
280
,
476

Evagrius,
293
,
478

evolution,
401
–20

of brain function,
413
–20

dominance ranking and,
404
–6

of emotional range,
412
–14

of interpersonal benefits of depression,
409
–12

modern life stresses and,
406
–9

of optimism vs. realism,
433
–34

social aspects of,
404
–14

treatment decisions informed by understanding of,
419

exercise,
137
–38,
148
,
198
,
200
,
311
,
454

existentialism,
41
,
245
,
329
–30,
435

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy,
137
,
140
–41,
144
,
158
,
394
,
454

Eyeson-Annan, M. L.,
447

failure to thrive,
183
–84,
460

faith, spiritual,
see
religious faith

family planning clinics, mental health services in,
339

Farman, Joseph,
491

Faverin/Luvox (fluvoxamine),
334

see also
Luvox

FDA (Food and Drug Administration),
362
,
395
,
397
,
456

fears, irrational,
109
,
305
–6

Federal Aviation Administration,
367
,
491

femininity, passive ideal of,
176
–77

Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-,
131

Ficino, Marsilio,
295
–96,
299
,
301
,
312
,
479

Field, Tiffany,
459

fight-or-flight response,
58

Final Exit
(Humphry),
268