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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777824303321

Autore

Horwitz Allan V

Titolo

The loss of sadness [[electronic resource] ] : how psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder / / Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-773602-5

0-19-988606-7

1-281-16376-7

9786611163761

0-19-804269-8

1-4294-9171-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WakefieldJerome C

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Psychiatry

Depression, Mental

Mental illness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Contents; 1. The Concept of Depression; 2. The Anatomy of Normal Sadness; 3. Sadness With and Without Cause: Depression From Ancient Times Through the Nineteenth Century; 4. Depression in the Twentieth Century; 5. Depression in the DSM-IV; 6. Importing Pathology Into the Community; 7. The Surveillance of Sadness; 8. The DSM and Biological Research About Depression; 9. The Rise of Antidepressant Drug Treatments; 10. The Failure of the Social Sciences to Distinguish Sadness From Depressive Disorder; 11. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Foreword by Robert Spitzer, M.D. Preface. 1. The Concept of Depression. 2. The Anatomy of Normal Sadness. 3. Sadness With and Without Case: Depression from Ancient Times through the Nineteenth Century. 4. Depression in the Twentieth Century. 5. 6. Importing Pathology into the Community. 7. The Surveillance of Sadness. 8. The DSM and Biological Research about Depression. 9. The Rise of



Antidepressant Drug Treatments. 10. The Failure of the Social Sciences to Distinguish Sadness from Depressive Disorder. 11. Conclusion. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index