The loss of sadness how psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder
'The Loss of Sadness' argues that the increased prevalence of major depressive disorder is due not to a genuine rise in mental disease, as many claim, but to the way that normal human sadness has been 'pathologised' since 1980.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798401706719 |
| Sumario: | 'The Loss of Sadness' argues that the increased prevalence of major depressive disorder is due not to a genuine rise in mental disease, as many claim, but to the way that normal human sadness has been 'pathologised' since 1980. |
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| Notas: | Formerly CIP. Previously issued in print: 2007. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197736029 9780199886067 9781281163769 9786611163761 9780198042693 9781429491716 |
