Diagnostic Cultures: A Cultural Approach to the Pathologization of Modern Life

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Introduction -- Introducing the concept of diagnostic cultures -- Psychiatric diagnoses as epistemic objects -- Languages of suffering -- Psychiatric diagnoses as semiotic mediators -- "Do more, feel better, live longer": being a psychiatric subject -- Interpreting the epidemics -- Towards a comprehensive understanding of mental disorder -- General conclusions.

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9781472413192   0367596881   1472413199

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10.4324/9781315576930
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