From Melancholia to Prozac: A History of Depression

by Clark Lawlor

Book Overview

Depression is an experience known to millions. But arguments rage on aspects of its definition and its impact on societies present and past: do drugs work, or are they merely placebos? Is the depression we have today merely a construct of the pharmaceutical industry? Is depression under- or
over-diagnosed? Should we be paying for expensive 'talking cure' treatments like psychoanalysis or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199585792
• ISBN13: 9780199585793
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 7.7"