Reviews
"Greenberg[?s] bouts of deep depressions [are] smartly conveyed here, including [his] participation in a clinical trial for an antidepressant'the author engages in extended, illuminating discussions of a host of therapeutic techniques, the confounding power of the placebo effect, the evolution of psychopharmacology and the ways in which expectations shape response. A humanistic, witty exploration of the human response to depression." —Kirkus, "[Manufacturing Depression] is thoughtful and well written'full of fascinating stories...Greenberg's greatest contribution, though, is insisting on few certainties, and in offering himself to us?With Greenberg, you are free to call your sorrow a disease, or not, to take drugs or not—to see a therapist, or not. All he asks is that you ?don't settle for being sick in the head...you can tell your own story about your discontents'." —Liz Else, New Scientist, "Greenberg elegantly dissects the medical-research-pharmaceutical complex'.A splendid, witty analysis of how we came to give up the stories of our lives in favor of analyzing the alphabet of which the stories are made. An essential read for all invested in medicine and social science." —Library Journal, starred review
