ISBN10: 0195313046, ISBN13: 9780195313048, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0195313046, ISBN13: 9780195313048, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. Depression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some point in their lives. Warnings that depressive disorder is a leading cause of worldwide disability have been accompanied by a massive upsurge in the consumption of antidepressant medication, widespread screening for depression in clinics and schools, and a push to diagnose depression early, onthe basis of just a few symptoms, in order to prevent more severe conditions from developing. In The Loss of Sadness, Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield argue that, whiledepressive disorder certainly exists and can be a devastating condition warranting medical attention, the apparent epidemic in fact reflects the way the psychiatric profession has understood and reclassified normal human sadness as largely an abnormal experience. With the 1980 publication of the landmark third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III), mental health professionals began diagnosing depression based on symptoms--such as depressed mood, loss ofappetite, and fatigue--that lasted for at least two weeks. This system is fundamentally flawed, the authors maintain, because it fails to take into account the context in which the symptoms occur. Theystress the ...
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ISBN10: 0195313046, ISBN13: 9780195313048, [publisher: Oxford University Press June 2007] Hardcover First Edition Very minor rubbing to the edges and corners of the DJ. Binding is very tight, square and strong. Pages are bright and clean with no markings.
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Oxford University Press, June Date: 2007. Hardcover. USED Good. 2007. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195313046 9780195313048 [US]