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When the black dog barks: An autoethnography of adult learning in and on clinical depression
Author(s) -
Brookfield Stephen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.429
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , autoethnography , psychology , adult learning , task (project management) , black male , adult education , association (psychology) , psychiatry , psychotherapist , gender studies , sociology , pedagogy , management , economics , macroeconomics
The American Psychiatric Association estimates that over 17 million Americans currently suffer from severe clinical depression. Learning how to live with and fight such depression must therefore be considered a massive societal adult learning task.