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American melancholy : constructions of depression in the twentieth century / Laura D. Hirshbein.
LIBRA RC537 .H563 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirshbein, Laura D., 1967-
- Series:
- Critical issues in health and medicine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Depression, Mental--History--20th century.
- Depression, Mental.
- Depression, Mental--United States--History--20th century.
- Depressive Disorder--history.
- History.
- United States.
- History, 20th Century.
- Psychiatry--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Depressive Disorder--history.
- United States.
- History, 20th Century.
- Psychiatry--history.
- Physical Description:
- x, 194 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Prelude to depression
- The expanding diagnosis of depression
- American moods and the consumer solution
- Gender, depression, diagnosis, and power
- Feelings and relationships
- Epilogue: Real men, real depression.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813545844
- 0813545846
- OCLC:
- 269433041
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