The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age
Montreal & Kingston / London / Ithaca: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Depression, once a subfield of neurosis, has become the most diagnosed mental disorder in the world. How has depression become such a topical illness and what does it tell us about changing ideas of the individual and society? Volume offers a global sociological view of contemporary depression and a detailed description of psychiatric reasoning and its transformations--from the invention of electroshock therapy to mass consumption of Prozac. xxx, Notes, Bibliography, Index, 345 pp.
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