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The madness of women : myth and experience /

Drawing on academic and clinical experience, including case studies and in-depth interviews, as well as on the now extensive critical literature in the field of mental health, Jane Ussher presents a critical multifactorial analysis of women's madness that both addresses the notion that madness...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ussher, Jane M., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Colección:Women and psychology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 THE MADNESS OF WOMEN: Myth or experience?; 2 THE DAUGHTER OF HYSTERIA: Depression as a ẁoman's problem'?; 3 LABELLING WOMEN AS MAD: Regulating and oppressing women; 4 WOMAN AS OBJECT, NOT SUBJECT: Madness as response to objectification and sexual violence; 5 THE CONSTRUCTION AND LIVED EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN'S DISTRESS: Positioning premenstrual change as psychiatric illness; 6 WOMEN'S MADNESS: Resistance and survival; APPENDIX; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX.