The weariness of the self : diagnosing the history of depression in the contemporary age / Alain Ehrenberg.

Depression, once a subfield of neurosis, has become the most diagnosed mental disorder in the world. Why and how has depression become such a topical illness and what does it tell us about changing ideas of the individual and society? Alain Ehrenberg investigates the history of depression and depres...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Ehrenberg, Alain (Author)
Other title:	Fatigue d'être soi. English
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English French
Published:	Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:	Depression, Mental > History. Depression, Mental > Social aspects. Social psychology. Depression, Mental Depression, Mental > Social aspects Social psychology History