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Paperback Diagnostic Cultures: A Cultural Approach to the Pathologization of Modern Life Book

ISBN: 0367596881

ISBN13: 9780367596880

Diagnostic Cultures: A Cultural Approach to the Pathologization of Modern Life

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Some studies estimate that each year, around a quarter of the population of Western countries will suffer from at least one mental disorder. Should this be interpreted as evidence for the progress of psychiatry, a discipline that is now able to identify and treat mental illnesses that have always existed, or might it be the case that modern life somehow creates new conditions, or social pathologies? This book argues that in fact something more fundamental...

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