Gary Greenberg geht dieser Frage in seinem Buch "Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease " nach.Democracy now interviewte den Autor .

Gary Greenberg: “Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease”

 Is depression manufactured? Two decades after the introduction of
antidepressants, it’s become commonplace to assume that our sadness can
be explained in terms of a disease called depression. The National
Institute of Mental Health estimates that more than 14 million
Americans suffer from major depression every year and more than three
million suffer from minor depression. Some 30 million Americans take
antidepressants at a cost of over $10 billion a year. Gary Greenberg
argues that while depression can be debilitating, it has also been
largely manufactured by doctors and drug companies as a medical
condition with a biological cause that can be treated with prescription
medication