Allan V. Horwitz is Professor of Sociology and Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Rutgers University. He is the author of many articles and a number of books on various aspects on mental illness, including The Social Control of Mental Illness, The Logic of Social Control, and Creating Mental Illness. Jerome C. Wakefield is University Professor and Professor of Social Work at New York University,and he has also taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and Rutgers University. He is an authority on the intersection between philosophy and the mental health professions and the author of many articles on diagnosis of mental disorder.

• 1. The concept of depression ; 2. The anatomy of normal sadness ; 3. Sadness with and without cause: depression from ancient times through the nineteenth century ; 4. Depression in the twentieth century ; 5. Depression in the DSM-IV ; 6. Importing pathology into the community ; 7. The surveillance of sadness ; 8. The DSM and biological research about depression ; 9. The rise of antidepressant drug treatments ; 10. The failure of the social sciences to distinguish sadness from depressive disorder ; 11. Conclusion

...one of the most important books in the field of psychiatry published in the last few years...a brilliant book with a significance well beyond its narrow but important subject.

Allan V. Horwitz is Professor of Sociology and Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Rutgers University. He is the author of many articles and a number of books on various aspects on mental illness, including The Social Control of Mental Illness, The Logic of Social Control, and Creating Mental Illness. Jerome C. Wakefield is University Professor and Professor of Social Work at New York University,and he has also taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and Rutgers University. He is an authority on the intersection between philosophy and the mental health professions and the author of many articles on diagnosis of mental disorder.

• 1. The concept of depression ; 2. The anatomy of normal sadness ; 3. Sadness with and without cause: depression from ancient times through the nineteenth century ; 4. Depression in the twentieth century ; 5. Depression in the DSM-IV ; 6. Importing pathology into the community ; 7. The surveillance of sadness ; 8. The DSM and biological research about depression ; 9. The rise of antidepressant drug treatments ; 10. The failure of the social sciences to distinguish sadness from depressive disorder ; 11. Conclusion

...one of the most important books in the field of psychiatry published in the last few years...a brilliant book with a significance well beyond its narrow but important subject.

Allan V. Horwitz is Professor of Sociology and Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Rutgers University. He is the author of many articles and a number of books on various aspects on mental illness, including The Social Control of Mental Illness, The Logic of Social Control, and Creating Mental Illness. Jerome C. Wakefield is University Professor and Professor of Social Work at New York University,and he has also taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and Rutgers University. He is an authority on the intersection between philosophy and the mental health professions and the author of many articles on diagnosis of mental disorder.

• 1. The concept of depression ; 2. The anatomy of normal sadness ; 3. Sadness with and without cause: depression from ancient times through the nineteenth century ; 4. Depression in the twentieth century ; 5. Depression in the DSM-IV ; 6. Importing pathology into the community ; 7. The surveillance of sadness ; 8. The DSM and biological research about depression ; 9. The rise of antidepressant drug treatments ; 10. The failure of the social sciences to distinguish sadness from depressive disorder ; 11. Conclusion

...one of the most important books in the field of psychiatry published in the last few years...a brilliant book with a significance well beyond its narrow but important subject.