From Literary Review, the fragility of the ego: A review of The Death of Sigmund Freud: Fascism, Psychoanalysis and the Rise of Fundamentalism by Mark Edmundson. A review of Freud: Inventor of the Modern Mind by Peter D. Kramer. Is an epidemic of depressive disorder really sweeping America?: A review of The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder by Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield. Is our worship of consumerism and technology making us depressed?: An excerpt from Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy by Bruce E. Levine. Unlocking the secrets of self-sabotage: A new study suggests that if you believe you're mediocre, chances are you'll keep shooting yourself in the foot to prove it. Research suggests optimism isn't always healthy.
