Writer Andrew Solomon is one of the most famous psychiatric patients in the world. Treated for depression since 1994, Solomon based his first nonfiction book, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression partly on his own experience. The book was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize and won the 2001 National Book Award as well as other awards. It is often cited as showing the effectiveness of psychiatric drug treatment.

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