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Review Article: Everyday Sorrows are not Mental Disorders: The Clash between Psychiatry and Western Cultural Habits.

Authors :
Williams, RuthF. G.
Source :
Prometheus (Taylor & Francis); Mar2009, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p47-70, 24p, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

The article reviews the book "The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder," by Allen V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield.

Subjects

Subjects :
PSYCHIATRY
NONFICTION

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08109028
Volume :
27
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Prometheus (Taylor & Francis)
Publication Type :
Review
Accession number :
36504812
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/08109020802690942