Depression is more than low mood – it’s a change of consciousness
Understanding depression as an altered state of consciousness, like a dream or drug trip, could help people awaken from it
by Cecily Whiteley & Jonathan Birch
Jonathan Birch is a professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and principal investigator on the Foundations of Animal Sentience project. He is the author of The Philosophy of Social Evolution (2017) and The Edge of Sentience (forthcoming, 2024).
Written by Jonathan Birch