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

By:

Greenberg, Gary

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Bloomsbury, 2011.Description: 432 pISBN:

9781408800973 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

362.25 GRE

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Bangalore	362.25 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMB-PP6238

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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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