How Everyone Became Depressed
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"How Everyone Became Depressed" is a historical and critical study of modern psychiatry that examines how depression became a widespread diagnosis and cultural condition in the contemporary West.
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| How Everyone Became Depressed canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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critical study ⓘ historical study ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Western world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
contemporary psychiatric practice
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medicalization of ordinary unhappiness ⓘ overdiagnosis of depression ⓘ |
| describes |
depression as a cultural condition
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rise of depression as a diagnosis ⓘ |
| examines |
cultural meanings of sadness and suffering
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diagnostic practices in modern psychiatry ⓘ expansion of psychiatric categories ⓘ historical changes in understanding depression ⓘ pathologization of everyday distress ⓘ relationship between psychiatry and culture ⓘ social construction of mental illness ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion | contemporary West ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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history ⓘ history of medicine ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academic readers
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general readers interested in mental health ⓘ students of history of medicine ⓘ students of psychiatry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
cultural history of depression
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depression ⓘ history of psychiatry ⓘ medicalization of mental health ⓘ modern psychiatry ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
cultural representations of depression
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history of diagnostic categories ⓘ psychiatric discourse ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
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