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Two contradictory convictions inform my approach to this topic. The first is that an academic career is as likely as any to cause or exacerbate depression of various sorts. The other is that an academic career is as ideal as any for allowing one to confront and work through depression. I’ve suffered from depression, on and off, for longer and shorter periods, since childhood. My most recent depression occurred shortly after I received tenure in 2006, so this particular experience informs most of what follows.
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Semenza, G.C. (2015). Depression: Post-Tenure and Beyond. In: Semenza, G.C., Sullivan, G.A. (eds) How to Build a Life in the Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137428899_11
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