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Feb. 05, 2010
'Manufacturing Depression'
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| Millions of Americans take antidepressant medications. But how did that come to be, and does such widespread use of antidepressants serve a real medical need? In this segment, Ira talks with Gary Greenberg, author of the book "Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease." What do we know about the causes of depression and how best to deal with it? |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Peter Kramer
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Brown University
Author, "Listening to Prozac" and "Against Depression," (Viking, 2005)
PeterDKramer.com
Providence, Rhode Island -
Gary Greenberg
Author, "Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease" (Simon & Schuster, 2010)
Freelance Journalist, published in Harper's and The New Yorker and a contributing writer to Mother Jones
Practicing Psychotherapist
New London, Connecticut
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Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease
by Gary Greenberg
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by Peter D. Kramer
Against Depression
by Peter D. Kramer
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