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The loss of sadness
how psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder
By Horwitz, Allan V. & Wakefield, Jerome C. & Spitzer, Robert J.
- ISBN
- 978-0-19531-304-8
- Publisher
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Reviewed on June 15, 2007
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Assoc., 2000. 4th ed.), widely used by health professionals, a patient is clinically depressed only if he/she exhibits a set of behavioral changes (e.g., sorrow, weight change) that persist for at least two weeks and interfere with his/her ability to perform daily tasks. It further specifies that these changes should not be due to bereavement; authors Horwitz (sociology, Rutgers ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
