The loss of sadness : how psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder /

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Depression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some point in their lives. Warnings that depressive disorder is a leading cause of worldwide disability have been accompanied by a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horwitz, Allan V.
Otros Autores: Wakefield, Jerome C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
Psychiatry > Miscellanea.
Depression, Mental > Miscellanea.
Mental illness > Miscellanea.
Depression, Mental.
Depression
Depressive Disorder
Psychiatrie > Miscellanées.
Dépression > Miscellanées.
Maladies mentales > Miscellanées.
Dépression.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Depression, Mental
Mental illness
Psychiatry
Electronic books.
Trivia and miscellanea
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Robert L. Spitzer
  • 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.

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