Depression and consumption: Psychopharmaceuticals, branding, and new identity practices

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-502

  Greenslit, Nathan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Feminism; Identity; Marketing; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745756259     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-006-9005-3     Document Type: Review

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