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This book is truly in its own class. I can appreciate the detailed description of the experience of depression. One cannot read this book without reflecting on the different depressive symptoms. Undoubtedly, it will help readers empathize with people struggling with depression. -- Doody's

This book raises and explores important questions about psychiatric diagnosis and about the subjective experience of depression. * Daniel Brass, Austin Health, Melbourne; Journal of Mental Health * This provides a detailed exploration of the nature and experience of depression using rigorous philosophical methods. . . the book provides thought-provoking material and will deepen even an experienced readers understanding of the nature of depression. * Claire McCarthy and Michael Nance, Australasian Psychiatry, 24(1), 2016 * The book is an important contribution to phenomenology in general and to the phenomenology of mood disorder in particular, and it provides those who suffer from depression — as well as those who care for them — a powerful new way to understand and express their experiences. * Katherine Withy, Georgetown University, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *

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Matthew Ratcliffe is a Professor of Philosophy at Durham University. Most of his research addresses issues in phenomenology, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of psychiatry. He is the author of Rethinking Commonsense Psychology: A Critique of Folk Psychology, Theory of Mind and Simulation (Palgrave, 2007) and Feelings of Being: Phenomenology, Psychiatry and the Sense of Reality (Oxford University Press, 2008).

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