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Women and borderline personality disorder : symptoms and stories /
At the beginning of the twentieth century, "hysteria" as a medical or psychiatric diagnosis was primarily applied to women. In fact, the term itself comes from the Greek, meaning "wandering womb." We have since learned that this diagnosis had evolved from certain assumptions abou...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Publication officielle Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
2001.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | At the beginning of the twentieth century, "hysteria" as a medical or psychiatric diagnosis was primarily applied to women. In fact, the term itself comes from the Greek, meaning "wandering womb." We have since learned that this diagnosis had evolved from certain assumptions about women's social roles and mental characteristics, and is no long in use. The modern equivalent of hysteria, however, may be borderline personality disorder, defined as "a pervasive pattern of instability of self-image, interpersonal relationships, and mood, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts." This diagnosis is applied to women so much more often that to men that feminists have begun to raise important questions about the social, cultural, and even the medical assumptions underlying this "illness." Women are said to be "unstable" when they may be trying to reconcile often contradictory and conflicting social expectations. -- Provided by publisher |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (x, 235 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585378967 9780585378961 0813560357 9780813560359 |