From Melancholia to Prozac: A History of Depression

by Clark Lawlor

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"