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BL
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| Record Number
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104847
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b62392
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| Main Entry
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Blazer, Dan G., (Dan German),1944-
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| Title & Author
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The age of melancholy : : "major depression" and its social origins /\ Dan G. Blazer.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 2005.
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| Page. NO
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x, 251 p. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0415951887 (hardback : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface -- The diagnosis of depression -- Introduction -- The birth and growth of major depression -- The rise and fall of depression as a reaction -- 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.
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| Subject
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Depression, Mental-- Social aspects.
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Depression, Mental-- History.
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Social psychiatry-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.2/5
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| LC Classification
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RC537.B527 2005
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