"Am I depressed or just unhappy? "In the last two decades,
antidepressants have become staples of our medicine
cabinets--doctors now write 120 million prescriptions annually, at
a cost of more than 10 billion dollars. At the same time,
depression rates have skyrocketed; twenty percent of Americans are
now expected to suffer from it during their lives. Doctors, and
drug companies, claim that this convergence is a public health
triumph: the recognition and treatment of an under-diagnosed
illness. Gary Greenberg, a practicing therapist and longtime
depressive, raises a more disturbing possibility: that the disease
has been manufactured to suit (and sell) the cure.
Greenberg draws on sources ranging from the Bible to current
medical journals to show how the idea that unhappiness is an
illness has been packaged and sold by brilliant scientists and
shrewd marketing experts--and why it has been so successful. Part
memoir, part intellectual history, part expose--including a vivid
chronicle of his participation in a clinical antidepressant
trial--"Manufacturing Depression "is an incisive look at an
epidemic that has changed the way we have come to think of
ourselves.
General
Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2011 |
First published: |
February 2011 |
Authors: |
Gary Greenberg
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Dimensions: |
214 x 142 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
464 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4165-6980-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
Sports & outdoor recreation >
General
|
LSN: |
1-4165-6980-4 |
Barcode: |
9781416569800 |
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