Loss of Sadness How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder

Name: Loss of Sadness How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder
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ISBN: 9780199921577

ISBN-10: 0199921571

ISBN-13: 9780199921577

Edition: 2012

Authors: Allan V. Horwitz, Jerome C. Wakefield

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Depression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some point in their lives. Warnings that depressive disorder is a leading cause of worldwide disability have been accompanied by a massive upsurge in the consumption of antidepressant medication, widespread screening for depression in clinics and schools, and a push to diagnose depression early, on the basis of just a few symptoms, in order to prevent more severe conditions from developing.InThe Loss of Sadness, Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield argue that, while depressive disorder certainly exists and can be a…

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List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/22/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword




The Concept of Depression



The Anatomy of Normal Sadness



Sadness With and Without Cause: Depression From Ancient Times Through the Nineteenth Century



Depression in the Twentieth Century



Depression in the DSM-IV



Importing Pathology Into the Community



The Surveillance of Sadness



The DSM and Biological Research About Depression



The Rise of Antidepressant Drug Treatments



The Failure of the Social Sciences to Distinguish Sadness From Depressive Disorder



Conclusion


Notes


References


Index