Illness and Power : Women's Mental Disorders and the Battle between the Sexes.

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Since ancient times, physicians have believed that women are especially vulnerable to certain mental illnesses. Contemporary research confirms that women are indeed more susceptible than men to anxiety, depression, multiple personality, and eating disorders, and several forms of what used to be call...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wenegrat, Brant (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1995.
Temas:
Women > Mental health > Sociological aspects.
Social isolation.
Social Isolation
Femmes > Santé mentale > Aspect sociologique.
Isolement social.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Since ancient times, physicians have believed that women are especially vulnerable to certain mental illnesses. Contemporary research confirms that women are indeed more susceptible than men to anxiety, depression, multiple personality, and eating disorders, and several forms of what used to be called hysteria. Why are these disorders more prevalent in women? Brant Wenegrat convincingly asserts that women's excess risk stems from a lack of social power. He reviews women's social power from an evolutionary and cross-cultural perspective and places mental disorders in the context of evolution an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (228 pages)
ISBN:9780814794937
0814794939

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