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Author:

Blazer, Dan G. (Dan German), 1944-

Title:

The age of melancholy : "major depression" and its social origins / Dan G. Blazer.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

x, 251 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Depression, Mental--Social aspects.
Depression, Mental--History.
Social psychiatry--History.
Depressive Disorder.
Depressive Disorder--history.
Psychology, Social--history.
Depressies (psychiatrie)
Melancholie.
Sociale aspecten.
Dépression--Aspect social.
Dépression--Histoire.
Psychiatrie sociale--Histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The diagnosis of depression -- The birth and growth of major depression -- The evolution of depression as a diagnosis -- Social psychiatry -- The birth and growth of social psychiatry -- The retreat of social psychiatry -- The frequency of depression and a lesson from war and society -- Interpreting the burden of depression -- A lesson from war syndromes -- Things fall apart: society and depression in the 21st century -- The revival of social psychiatry -- A call for basic social science research in psychiatry -- Emotion: a link between body and society -- The problem with soma.

ISBN:

9780415951883 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415951887 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005006824

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)