In 1982 Anthony Clare interviewed Spike Milligan for the radio series In The Psychiatrist's Chair & was so overwhelmed by Milligan's account of his forty years of depressive experiences that he knew he had found the person to help him illuminate & explore the mysterious & sometimes terrifying illness that is clinical depression
Depression & How to Survive It is the result of this collaboration, through which Anthony Clare charts the development of Spike's illness & the strategies he uses in dealing with it. Drawing inspiration & advice from Spike's experience, Depression & How to Survive It is a book which takes you to the depths of human unhappiness in order to shou you the way out.