Manufacturing depression : the secret history of a modern disease / Gary Greenberg.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 2011.Description: 432 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781408800973 (pbk.) :
- 9781408800973 (Paper)
- 362.25 GRE
- RC537
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 362.25 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00213777 |
Originally published: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Mollusks--2. Job versus his therapists--3. Mauve measles--4. The dangers of empathy--5. Making depression safe for democracy--6. What your mum and dad will do to you--7. The shock doctors--8. The acid and the estacy--9. Getting high and making money--10. Double blind--11. Diagnosing for dollars--12. Mad men on drugs--13. Embracing the model: Cognitive therapy--14. The new Phrenologists--15. The magnificence of normal.
In his account of the close relationship between psychiatric diagnosis and the pharmaceutical industries, Greenberg uses his personal experience over a two-year exposure to drug testing for depression and 20 years of professional practice as a psychotherapist, to answer questions and unravel the 'Secret History of a Modern Disease'.