Manufacturing depression : the secret history of a modern disease / Gary Greenberg.

By:

Greenberg, Gary, 1957 June 9-

Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: 432 p. ; 25 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781416569794 :
1416569790 :

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LOC classification:

RC537 .G722 2010

Summary: Greenberg shows how the idea that depression is a widespread chronic disease has been packaged by brilliant scientists, doctors, and marketing experts -- and why it is has become wildly successful in the marketplace of ideas. He then asks what we gain and lose by taking this approach, and who benefits when we do.

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Books	American University in Dubai	American University in Dubai	Main Collection	RC 537 .G722 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Copy Type:01 - Books Book Cart:17 - Display	Available	5004238

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-416) and index.

Greenberg shows how the idea that depression is a widespread chronic disease has been packaged by brilliant scientists, doctors, and marketing experts -- and why it is has become wildly successful in the marketplace of ideas. He then asks what we gain and lose by taking this approach, and who benefits when we do.

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