The loss of sadness : how psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder / Allan V. H...
The loss of sadness : how psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder / Allan V. H...
The loss of sadness : how psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder / Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N616.89/193
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English
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xiii, 287 p. ; 24 cm.
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The concept of depression -- The anatomy of normal sadness -- Sadness with and without cause: depression from ancient times through the nineteenth century -- Depression in the twentieth century -- Depression in the DSM-IV -- Importing pathology into the community -- The surveillance of sadness -- Th...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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England
Date Published
2007.
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"Depression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some point in their lives. Warnings that depressive disorder is a leading cause of worldwide disability have been accompanied by a massive upsurge in the consumption of antidepres...
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The loss of sadness : how psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder / Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N616.89/193
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74VM8WkZEmVA
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0195313046 (alk. paper)
9780195313048 (alk. paper)
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616.89
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991000194389702626
