Download or read book Churchill and the ‘Black Dog’ of Depression written by W. Attenborough and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Churchill's 'Black Dog' is widely believed to have been an inborn tendency towards prolonged and despairing depression. In this, the first book-length study of all the available biographical evidence, some of which has never before been published, the truth emerges as significantly less grave than legend has it, but more psychologically complex.