Against depression /

A decade ago, with Listening to Prozac, Kramer revolutionized the way we think about antidepressants and the culture in which they are so widely used. Now, he returns with a look at the condition those medications treat. Depression, linked in our culture to a long tradition of "heroic melanchol...

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Main Author: Kramer, Peter D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2005.
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