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The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder. By A. V. Horwitz and J. C. Wakefield. (Pp. 312; £17.99; ISBN-13: 978-0-19-531304-8 hb.) Oxford University Press. 2007.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2007

KENNETH S. KENDLER
KENNETH S. KENDLER
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 148 - 150
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