LEADER 03046nam 22006254a 450 001 9910956915703321 005 20251116220637.0 010 $a1-135-43300-3 010 $a0-203-95667-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481534 035 $a(EBL)321543 035 $a(OCoLC)476118896 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100220 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140560 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100220 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10036773 035 $a(PQKB)10111340 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC321543 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL321543 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10209538 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL761486 035 $a(OCoLC)58457133 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB154628 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481534 100 $a20050309d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe age of melancholy $e"major depression" and its social origins /$fDan G. Blazer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-76245-6 311 08$a0-415-95188-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $aDepression 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 606 $aDepression, Mental$xSocial aspects 606 $aDepression, Mental$xHistory 606 $aSocial psychiatry$xHistory 615 0$aDepression, Mental$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aDepression, Mental$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial psychiatry$xHistory. 676 $a362.2/5 700 $aBlazer$b Dan G$g(Dan German),$f1944-$01883071 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956915703321 996 $aThe age of melancholy$94498883 997 $aUNINA