From melancholia to prozac
Subtitle: a history of depression
By: Clark Lawlor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780199585793
Subjects: Mental Depression; Depression; History
Description: "Depression is an experience known to millions. Even today, arguments rage on its definition, its causes, and its treatment. Clark Lawlor helps us to understand its impact on societies past and present, looking at its historical origins and how it has evolved into the form of 'depression' we know today."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Dr Samuiel Johnson (1709-84); title: 1. 'Poor wretch'; title: 2. Genius and despair; title: 3. From spleen to sensibility; title: 4. Victorians, melancholia and neurasthenia; title: 5. Modernism, melancholia and depression; title: 6. The new depression; title: 7. 'The drugs don't work'? the future for depression and melancholia.