“Superb”—Library Journal (starred review)
“Provocative”—Chicago Tribune
“Brilliant”—New Statesman
“Excellent”—New York Observer
“Vivid”—Wall Street Journal
“Splendid”—The Lancet
“Impressive”—TLS
“Scathing”—Publishers Weekly
“Fascinating”—Mother Jones
“Stunning and revelatory”—Windy City Times
“Riveting”—Adam Phillips
“An explosive indictment”—Harold J. Cook, University College London
"Christopher Lane's polemical Shyness features the manipulations that promoted social anxiety disorder to a national emergency."—Frederick Crews, New York Review of Books
"Overall, Lane's scholarly account of this saga ensures that if you're not already concerned about the over-medicalization of our mental lives, you will be."—Christian Jarrett, BBC Focus.
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