From melancholia to prozac : a history of depression / Clark Lawlor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawlor, Clark, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Depression, Mental--History.

Depression, Mental.

Affective disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Depression is an experience known to millions. But arguments rage on aspects of its definition and its impact on societies present and past: do drugs work, or are they merely placebos? Is the depression we have today merely a construct of the pharmaceutical industry? Is depression under- or over-diagnosed? Should we be paying for expensive 'talking cure' treatments like psychoanalysis or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?Here, Clark Lawlor argues that understanding the history of depression is important to understanding its present conflicted status and definition. While it is true that our modern

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Prologue: Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84); 1 'Poor Wretch'; 2 Genius and Despair; 3 From Spleen to Sensibility; 4 Victorians, Melancholia, and Neurasthenia; 5 Modernism, Melancholia, and Depression; 6 The New Depression; 7 'The Drugs Don't Work'? The Future for Depression and Melancholia; Glossary; Notes; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-19-163386-0

1-280-59431-4

9786613624147

0-19-163385-2

OCLC:

780740680