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A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.

A poor depressed man prepares to hang himself in a noose attached to the ceiling. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching R. Newton, 1795, after himself.

Sunbathing in the rain : a cheerful book about depression / Gwyneth Lewis.

Darkness visible : a memoir of madness / William Styron.

Nature cure / Richard Mabey.

Shoot the damn dog : a memoir of depression / Sally Brampton.

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Sunbathing in the rain : a cheerful book about depression / Gwyneth Lewis.

A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.

Darkness visible : a memoir of madness / William Styron.

Nature cure / Richard Mabey.

Shoot the damn dog : a memoir of depression / Sally Brampton.