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The age of melancholy : "major depression" and its social origins /

Blazer, Dan G. 1944-

The age of melancholy : "major depression" and its social origins / Dan G. Blazer. - New York : Routledge, 2005. - x, 251 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- The diagnosis of depression -- Introduction -- The birth and growth of major depression -- The rise and fall of depression as a reaction -- Social psychiatry -- The birth and growth of social psychiatry -- The retreat of social psychiatry -- The frequency of depression and a lesson from war and society -- Interpreting the burden of depression -- A lesson from war syndromes -- Things fall apart: society and depression in the 21st century -- The revival of social psychiatry -- A call for basic social science research in psychiatry -- Emotion: a link between body and society -- The problem with Soma.

0415951887 (hardback : alk. paper)

2005006824


Depression, Mental--Social aspects.
Depression, Mental--History.
Social psychiatry--History.

RC537 / .B527 2005

362.2/5

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