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Living Hell, Episode 1, A Living Hell, Episode 1
directed by Dai Richards; presented by Aaron T. Beck, 1921-, Lewis Wolpert, 1929-; produced by Dai Richards, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Living Hell, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1999), 52 mins
Everybody has times of sadness, but depression is different. It is sadness gone wrong. The World Health Organisation predicts that depression will be the main illness of the 21st century; it currently costs the United States $40 billion a year: more than AIDS. Yet little is known for certain about the causes of de...
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directed by Dai Richards; presented by Aaron T. Beck, 1921-, Lewis Wolpert, 1929-; produced by Dai Richards, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Living Hell, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1999), 52 mins
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Everybody has times of sadness, but depression is different. It is sadness gone wrong. The World Health Organisation predicts that depression will be the main illness of the 21st century; it currently costs the United States $40 billion a year: more than AIDS. Yet little is known for certain about the causes of depression, and although some treatments do alleviate the symptoms, nobody is sure how they work. Embryologist and author Professor Lewis...
Everybody has times of sadness, but depression is different. It is sadness gone wrong. The World Health Organisation predicts that depression will be the main illness of the 21st century; it currently costs the United States $40 billion a year: more than AIDS. Yet little is known for certain about the causes of depression, and although some treatments do alleviate the symptoms, nobody is sure how they work. Embryologist and author Professor Lewis Wolpert, himself a victim of depression, sets out to discover what we know and what we need to find out about this scourge of modern society.
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Field of Study
Psychology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dai Richards, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Dai Richards, Lewis Wolpert, 1929-, Aaron T. Beck, 1921-
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Living Hell
Topic / Theme
Psychopathology, Depressive disorder, Anxiety, Sadness, Suicidal behavior, Depression (emotion), Cognitive therapy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1999 BBC Worldwide
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