Shyness : how normal behavior became a sickness / Christopher Lane.
| Author/creator | Lane, Christopher, 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The hundred years' war over anxiety -- The diagnostic battles: emotions become pathologies -- A decisive victory: shyness becomes an illness -- Direct to consumer: now sell the disease! -- Rebound syndrome: when drug treatments fail -- A backlash forms: Prozac nation rebels -- Fear of others in an anxious age. |
| Abstract | Discusses the effects of expanding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)'s fourth edition on the psychiatric community, pharmaceutical companies, and the nation. |
| Local note | Little-351553--305131037762 |
| Local note | Little-354997--305131034560V |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-247) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007925003 |
| ISBN | 9780300124460 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300124465 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BF575.B3 L35 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |