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