From melancholia to prozac : a history of depression /
Lawlor, Clark, 1965-
From melancholia to prozac : a history of depression / Clark Lawlor. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xi, 265 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Dr Samuiel Johnson (1709-84) -- 1. 'Poor wretch' -- 2. Genius and despair -- 3. From spleen to sensibility -- 4. Victorians, melancholia and neurasthenia -- 5. Modernism, melancholia and depression -- 6. The new depression -- 7. 'The drugs don't work'? the future for depression and melancholia.
9780199585793 (hbk.) 0199585792 (hbk.)
2011945245
GBB1B8040 bnb
015946591 Uk
Depression, Mental--History.
RC537 / .L392 2012
362.25
From melancholia to prozac : a history of depression / Clark Lawlor. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xi, 265 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Dr Samuiel Johnson (1709-84) -- 1. 'Poor wretch' -- 2. Genius and despair -- 3. From spleen to sensibility -- 4. Victorians, melancholia and neurasthenia -- 5. Modernism, melancholia and depression -- 6. The new depression -- 7. 'The drugs don't work'? the future for depression and melancholia.
9780199585793 (hbk.) 0199585792 (hbk.)
2011945245
GBB1B8040 bnb
015946591 Uk
Depression, Mental--History.
RC537 / .L392 2012
362.25