Manufacturing depression : the secret history of a modern disease / Gary Greenberg.
By: Greenberg, Gary
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TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.Description: 432 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781416569794 (hardcover); 1416569790 (hardcover).Subject(s): Depression, Mental -- United States -- History | Antidepressants -- United States -- History | Antidepressants -- United States -- History | Psychotherapy -- History -- United StatesDDC classification: 362.2/5 Summary: Greenberg shows how the idea that depression is a widespread chronic disease has been packaged by brilliant scientists, doctors, and marketing experts -- and why it is has become wildly successful in the marketplace of ideas. He then asks what we gain and lose by taking this approach, and who benefits when we do.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Greenberg shows how the idea that depression is a widespread chronic disease has been packaged by brilliant scientists, doctors, and marketing experts -- and why it is has become wildly successful in the marketplace of ideas. He then asks what we gain and lose by taking this approach, and who benefits when we do.
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