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
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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