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

• Autore: Horwitz Allan V
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.89
• Soggetto topico: Psychiatry; Depression, Mental; Mental illness
• Altri autori: WakefieldJerome C
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The loss of sadness
• ISBN: 0-19-773602-5; 0-19-988606-7; 1-281-16376-7; 9786611163761; 0-19-804269-8; 1-4294-9171-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777824303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II