The age of melancholy "major depression" and its social origins
Depression has become the most frequently diagnosed chronic mental illness, and is a disability encountered almost daily by mental health professionals of all trades. ""Major Depression"" is a medical disease, which some would argue has reached epidemic proportions in contempora...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2005.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798397506719 |
| Sumario: | Depression has become the most frequently diagnosed chronic mental illness, and is a disability encountered almost daily by mental health professionals of all trades. ""Major Depression"" is a medical disease, which some would argue has reached epidemic proportions in contemporary society, and it affects our bodies and brains just like any other disease. Why, this book asks, has the incidence of depression been on such an increase in the last 50 years, if our basic biology hasn't changed as rapidly? To find answers, Dr. Blazer looks at the social forces, cultural and environmental upheavals |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135433000 9780203956670 |
