The weariness of the self : diagnosing the history of depression in the contemporary age /

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Depression, once a subfield of neurosis, has become the most diagnosed mental disorder in the world. Why and how has depression become such a topical illness and what does it tell us about changing ideas of the individual and society? Alain Ehrenberg investigates the history of depression and depres...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ehrenberg, Alain (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Depression, Mental > History.
Depression, Mental > Social aspects.
Social psychology.
Depression > history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Psychology, Social > history
Psychology, Social
Dépression > Aspect social.
Dépression > Histoire.
Psychologie sociale.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
social psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Depression.
SELF-HELP > Depression.
SELF-HELP > Mood Disorders.
PSYCHOLOGY > History.
Depression, Mental.
Depression
Gesellschaft
Psychosoziale Belastung
Depression > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Depression (psykiatri)
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Allan Young
  • Introduction. Sovereignty of the Self or the Return of Nervousness
  • pt. 1. Sick Self
  • 1. Birth of the Psychic Self
  • 2. Electroconvulsive Therapy: Technique, Mood, and Depression
  • 3. Socialization of an Indefinable Pathology
  • pt. 2. Twilight of Neurosis
  • 4. Psychological Front: Guilt without an Instruction Manual
  • 5. Medical Front: New Avenues for the Depressive Mood
  • pt. 3. Inadequate Individual
  • 6. Depressive Breakdown
  • 7. Uncertain Subject of Depression, or End-of-the-Century Individuality
  • Conclusion: The Weight of the Possible.

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