The age of melancholy : "major depression" and its social origins /
Dan G. Blazer.
- New York : Routledge, 2005.
- 251 p.
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. HKBU library
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Depression, Mental--Social aspects. Depression, Mental--History. Social psychiatry--History.