The medicalisation of misery: A critical realist analysis of the concept of depression

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-274

  Pilgrim, David ^a   Bentall, Richard ^b  

^a Queen's Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0032976672     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638239917427     Document Type: Review

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