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

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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Explaining Women's Disorders; 2 Depression and Anxiety: Responses to Lack of Power; 3 Women's Mental Disorders as Illness Roles; 4 Two Modern-Day Epidemics; 5 An Evolutionary, Cross-Cultural View of Women's Social Power; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Index. 
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