Black dogs and blue words : depression and gender in the age of self-care /

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His "black dog"--That was how Winston Churchill referred to his own depression. Today, individuals with feelings of sadness and irritability are encouraged to "talk to your doctor." These have become buzz words in the aggressive promotion of wonder-drug cures since 1997, when the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Emmons, Kimberly, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
Temas:
Depression in women.
Mental illness in mass media.
Publicity.
Advertising.
Mass media.
Self-care, Health.
Depressive Disorder > psychology
Advertising
Communications Media
Self Care
Women > psychology
Mass Media
Dépression chez la femme.
Maladies mentales dans les médias.
Publicité.
Médias.
Autothérapie.
advertising.
mass media.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Depression.
SELF-HELP > Mood Disorders.
SELF-HELP > Depression.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:His "black dog"--That was how Winston Churchill referred to his own depression. Today, individuals with feelings of sadness and irritability are encouraged to "talk to your doctor." These have become buzz words in the aggressive promotion of wonder-drug cures since 1997, when the Food and Drug Administration changed its guidelines for the marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals. Black Dogs and Blue Words analyzes the rhetoric surrounding depression. Kimberly K. Emmons maintains that the techniques and language of depression marketing strategies - vague words s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813549224
0813549221
0813547202
9780813547206
1282562436
9781282562431

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