Manufacturing Depression
The Secret History of a Modern Disease
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2013
448 pages
978-1-4088-5297-2 (ISBN)
Description
Has the antidepressant industry manufactured not only an illness but an idea of humanity that denies our full potential?
'Impressive and fascinating' New Scientist
According to the Office of National Statistics, depression occurs in 1 in 10 adults in Britain at any one time. But what constitutes depression? And what role have the pharmaceutical companies played in creating an idea of depression that turns human beings into neurochemical machines? Where does that leave the human spirit?
Do we ask and expect too much of science, rather than accepting that there are important matters about which we may always be unsure? Could this lack of certainty be at the heart of what it means to be human?
In his fascinating account of the close relationship between psychiatric diagnosis and the pharmaceutical industries, Gary Greenberg uses his personal experience over a two-year exposure to drug testing and different therapies for depression, backed up by twenty years of professional practice as a psychotherapist, to answer these questions and unravel the 'Secret History of a Modern Disease'.
'Impressive and fascinating' New Scientist
According to the Office of National Statistics, depression occurs in 1 in 10 adults in Britain at any one time. But what constitutes depression? And what role have the pharmaceutical companies played in creating an idea of depression that turns human beings into neurochemical machines? Where does that leave the human spirit?
Do we ask and expect too much of science, rather than accepting that there are important matters about which we may always be unsure? Could this lack of certainty be at the heart of what it means to be human?
In his fascinating account of the close relationship between psychiatric diagnosis and the pharmaceutical industries, Gary Greenberg uses his personal experience over a two-year exposure to drug testing and different therapies for depression, backed up by twenty years of professional practice as a psychotherapist, to answer these questions and unravel the 'Secret History of a Modern Disease'.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-5297-2 (9781408852972)
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Gary Greenberg has a doctorate in psychology and has been a practising psychotherapist for more than twenty years. He is the author of The Self on the Shelf: Recovery Books and the Good Life and major articles for McSweeney's, The New Yorker and Harpers. He lives in Connecticut.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Mollusks
- Chapter 2. Job Versus His Therapists
- Chapter 3. Mauve Measles
- Chapter 4. The Dangers of Empathy
- Chapter 5. Making Depression Safe for Democracy
- Chapter 6. What Your Mum and Dad Will Do to You
- Chapter 7. The Shock Doctors
- Chapter 8. The Acid and the Ecstasy
- Chapter 9. Getting High and Making Money
- Chapter 10. Double Blind
- Chapter 11. Diagnosing for Dollars
- Chapter 12. Mad Men on Drugs
- Chapter 13. Embracing the Model: Cognitive Therapy
- Chapter 14. The New Phrenologists
- Chapter 15. The Magnificence of Normal
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Notes
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- eCopyright
