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Shyness : how normal behavior became a sickness / Christopher Lane.
Discusses the effects of expanding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)'s fourth edition on the psychiatric community, pharmaceutical companies, and the nation.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780300124460 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0300124465 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780300143171 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0300143176 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : Bashful no more -- 1. The hundred years' war over anxiety -- 2. The diagnostic battles : emotions become pathologies -- 3. A decisive victory : shyness becomes an illness -- 4. Direct to consumer : now sell the disease! -- 5. Rebound syndrome : when drug treatments fail -- 6. A backlash forms : Prozac nation rebels -- 7. Fear of others in an anxious age -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | BF 575 .B3 L36 2007 | 30538900 | General Collection | Available | - |