Preface
The diagnosis of depression
Introduction
The birth and growth of major depression
The rise and fall of depression as a reaction
Social psychiatry
The birth and growth of social psychiatry
The retreat of social psychiatry
The frequency of depression and a lesson from war and society
Interpreting the burden of depression
A lesson from war syndromes
Things fall apart: society and depression in the 21st century
The revival of social psychiatry
A call for basic social science research in psychiatry
Emotion: a link between body and society
The problem with Soma.
The age of melancholy : "major depression" and its social origins by Dan G. Blazer. ISBN 9780415951883. Published by Routledge in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.