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Author: Gary Greenberg (Wichita State University USA)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 21.40cm
Weight: 0.390kg
ISBN: 9781416569800
ISBN 10: 1416569804
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 08 February 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
In a medicalized world of specious concepts where false hope has taken the form of a diagnosis and a pill, the only way to challenge current thinking is with a sledgehammer, or a copy of Manufacturing Depression . And best of all, this may be the funniest book on depression ever. --Errol Morris, Academy Award-winning director of The Fog of War
“Greenberg elegantly dissects the medical-research-pharmaceutical complex….A splendid, witty analysis of how we came to give up the stories of our lives in favor of analyzing the alphabet of which the stories are made. An essential read for all invested in medicine and social science.” — Library Journal , starred review
"""Manufacturing Depression is full of fascinating stories...Greenberg's greatest contribution, though, is insisting on few certainties, and in offering himself to us."" --Liz Else, New Scientist ""[Greenberg] is an unusually eloquent writer, and his book offers a grand tour of the history of modern medicine, as well as an up-close look at contemporary practices."" --Louis Menand, The New Yorker ""A dizzying, dazzling critique. It is probably the most thoughtful book on depression ever written."" --Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D., Psychology Today ""A lucid and revealing book...an unusually amusing, moving, and spirited account."" --Adam Phillips, The Nation ""Greenberg elegantly dissects the medical-research-pharmaceutical complex....A splendid, witty analysis of how we came to give up the stories of our lives in favor of analyzing the alphabet of which the stories are made. An essential read for all invested in medicine and social science."" --Library Journal, starred review ""Greenberg['s] bouts of deep depressions [are] smartly conveyed here, including [his] participation in a clinical trial for an antidepressant...the author engages in extended, illuminating discussions of a host of therapeutic techniques, the confounding power of the placebo effect, the evolution of psychopharmacology and the ways in which expectations shape response. A humanistic, witty exploration of the human response to depression."" --Kirkus ""In a medicalized world of specious concepts where false hope has taken the form of a diagnosis and a pill, the only way to challenge current thinking is with a sledgehammer, or a copy of Manufacturing Depression. And best of all, this may be the funniest book on depression ever."" --Errol Morris, Academy Award-winning director of The Fog of War"
Author Information
Gary Greenberg is a practicing psychotherapist in Connecticut and author of The Noble Lie. He has written about the intersection of science, politics, and ethics for many publications, including Harper's, the New Yorker, Wired, Discover, Rolling Stone, and Mother Jones, where he's a contributing writer.
