The age of melancholy "major depression" and its social origins
Asks why the incidence of depression has been on such an increase, if our basic biology hasn't changed as rapidly. To find answers, the author looks at the social forces, cultural and environmental upheavals, and other external, group factors that have undergone significant change.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2005.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35532075*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- The diagnosis of depression
- Introduction
- The birth and growth of major depression
- The evolution of depression as a diagnosis
- 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.
