Manufacturing depression : the secret history of a modern disease / Gary Greenberg.

Author/creator Greenberg, Gary
Format Book
Edition1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Description432 pages ; 25 cm
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Subjects

Contents Mollusks -- Job versus his therapists -- Mauve measles -- The dangers of empathy -- Making depression safe for democracy -- What your mum and dad will do to you -- The shock doctors -- The acid and the ecstasy -- Getting high and making money -- Double blind -- Diagnosing for dollars -- Mad men on drugs -- Embracing the model: cognitive therapy -- The new phrenologists -- The magnificence of normal.
Abstract Greenberg shows how the idea that depression is a widespread chronic disease has been packaged by brilliant scientists, doctors, and marketing experts -- and why it is has become wildly successful in the marketplace of ideas. He then asks what we gain and lose by taking this approach, and who benefits when we do.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 369-416) and index.
LCCN 2009024310
ISBN9781416569794
ISBN1416569790
ISBN9781416570080
ISBN141657008X

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RC537 .G722 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold