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Default Depression
How we now interpret human distress as mental illness
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The book explores how everyday human experiences of distress are increasingly viewed through a medical lens, often leading to a diagnosis of mental illness, particularly clinical depression. It critiques the tendency to label normal emotional responses as pathological, highlighting the implications of this medicalization on society's understanding of mental health.
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Default Depression, Anthony Smith
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- Released
- 2024
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- Title
- Default Depression
- Subtitle
- How we now interpret human distress as mental illness
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anthony Smith
- Publisher
- Wakefield Press
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN13
- 9781923042001
- Category
- Social sciences, Health / Medicine
- Description
- The book explores how everyday human experiences of distress are increasingly viewed through a medical lens, often leading to a diagnosis of mental illness, particularly clinical depression. It critiques the tendency to label normal emotional responses as pathological, highlighting the implications of this medicalization on society's understanding of mental health.