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American Melancholy : Constructions of Depression in the Twentieth Century /

"Depression was not classified as a disease until the 1980 publication of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-III (DSM-III). How, then, is it that such an illness, thought to affect between 14 and 17 million Americans, was not specifically defined until...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hirshbein, Laura D., 1967-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Prelude to depression
  • The expanding diagnosis of depression
  • American moods and the consumer solution
  • Gender, depression, diagnosis, and power
  • Feelings and relationships
  • Epilogue: Real men, real depression.