Depression: Law and Ethics

Author: Charles Foster; Jonathan Herring
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198801900
Published In: August 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Depression is amorphous. It defies easy generalization, and eludes medical and legal categories. Is it part of the self, or its predator? Can a sufferer be held responsible for their actions?

This edited collection provides a holistic study of a protean illness. If the law is to regulate the lives of those who suffer from depression, it is vital that lawyers understand the condition.

Drawing upon a wide-ranging expertise, this volume looks at depression from four viewpoints: that of the sufferer, the clinician, the ethicist, and the lawyer. Topics covered include the cultural history of depression; causes, epidemiology, and diagnosis; the autonomy debate; criminal responsibility; public health law; depression in the workplace; depression and children; and assisted suicide.

First-hand accounts from sufferers are followed by contributions from clinicians who say what depression is, outline its demography and therapeutic options, and indicate the legal and ethical problems that trouble them the most. The essays then go on to explore legal and ethical questions in depth.

This collection is essential reading for lawyers seeking a broader understanding of depression, and non-lawyers seeking an insight into the difficulty law has engaging with the condition.

Part One: Sufferers

1: Depression is Like Nothing on Earth, Iain McGilchrist

2: Tristimania, Jay Griffiths

3: On Being Not Depressed, Charles Foster

Part Two: Clinical

4: Depression: Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and Classification, Phil Cowen

5: The Aetiology of Depression, Theodoros Bargiotas

6: A Cultural History of Depression, German E Berrios and Ivana S Marková

7: The Epidemiology of Depression, Gemma Lewis and Glyn Lewis

8: Depressive Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence, Anthony James

9: Depression in the Ill and the Dying, Julian C Hughes

10: The Treatment of Depression: An Overview of the Physical Options, Hugh Series