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Autore |
Blazer Dan G (Dan German), <1944-> |
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Titolo |
The age of melancholy [[electronic resource] ] : "major depression" and its social origins / / Dan G. Blazer |
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New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-43300-3 |
0-203-95667-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Depression, Mental - Social aspects |
Depression, Mental - History |
Social psychiatry - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- The diagnosis of depression -- Introduction -- The birth and growth of major depression -- The rise and fall of depression as a reaction -- Social psychiatry -- The birth and growth of social psychiatry -- The retreat of social psychiatry -- The frequency of depression and a lesson from war and society -- Interpreting the burden of depression -- A lesson from war syndromes -- Things fall apart: society and depression in the 21st century -- The revival of social psychiatry -- A call for basic social science research in psychiatry -- Emotion: a link between body and society -- The problem with Soma. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Depression has become the most frequently diagnosed chronic mental illness, and is a disability encountered almost daily by mental health professionals of all trades. ""Major Depression"" is a medical disease, which some would argue has reached epidemic proportions in contemporary society, and it affects our bodies and brains just like any other disease. Why, this book asks, has the incidence of depression been on such an increase in the last 50 years, if our basic biology hasn't changed as rapidly? To find answers, Dr. Blazer looks at the social forces, cultural and environmental upheavals |
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