Christopher J. Lane

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Christopher J. Lane is a scholar and author known for his work in psychology, psychiatry, and cultural criticism.


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instanceOf author
person
scholar
basedIn United States
criticizes expansion of diagnostic categories in DSM
overuse of psychiatric medications
educatedAt University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
University of London
employer Northwestern University
fieldOfWork cultural criticism
psychiatry
psychology
genre cultural criticism
history of psychiatry
non-fiction
hasBlog Psychology Today blog on psychiatry and culture
hasWrittenFor Psychology Today
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The New York Times
The Washington Post
languageOfWorkOrName English
nationality British
notableFor critique of psychiatric diagnosis
work on the history of psychiatry
notableWork How Anxiety Became a Disorder
Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness
occupation academic
writer
positionHeld Professor of English at Northwestern University
researchInterest cultural history of emotions
history of diagnosis in psychiatry
medicalization of normal behavior

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