Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.
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Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks.
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| Birth: | 30th October, 1963 |
| Nationality: | American, British |
| Profession: | Lecturer, Writer |
About
Andrew Solomon was born and raised in Manhattan. He is a writer on politics, culture and psychology, who lives in New York and London. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale University in 1985, graduating magna cum laude, and later earned a Master's degree in English at Jesus College, Cambridge. In August 2013, he was awarded a Ph.D. in psychology from Jesus College, Cambridge, with a thesis on attachment theory prepared under the supervision of Juliet Mitchell. His book The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression won the 2001 National Book Award, was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, and was included in The Times list of one hundred best books of the decade. Honors awarded to Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity include the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, the Media for a Just Society Award of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize., and was included in The Times list of one hundred best books of the decade.
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