Men, Women and Madness: Understanding Gender and Mental Disorder

ISBN-13: 9780333463697 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 304 str.

Joan Busfield

Opis

This book focuses on the complex patterning of mental disorder identified in men and women. The first part of the book examines the gendered landscape of mental disorder, key concepts and approaches, and the way in which gender is embedded in constructs of mental disorder. The second part considers theories of the causes of mental disorder and the extent to which the different causes can account for the gendered landscape of disorder. It concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of the analysis.

Spis treści

Preface.- Introduction.- PART 1: GENDER, CONSTRUCTS AND SERVICES The Gendered Landscape.- Theorising Gender Mental Disorder, Medicine and the Regulation of Rationality.- Measuring Mental Disorder.- Gender and Constructs of Mental Disorder.- The Historical Context.- PART 2: GENDER AND THE ORIGINS OF MENTAL DISORDER Biological Origins.- Feminist Psychologies and Gendered Individuals.- Stress and the Gender Division of Labour.- Trauma and Powerlessness: War and Sexual Violence.- Conclusions.- Appendix.- Notes.- References.- Index.

O autorze

JOAN BUSFIELD is Professor of Sociology and a Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Essex. Having qualified originally as a clinical psychologist, she is the co-author (with Michael Paddon) of Thinking about Children and author of Managing Madness. She is currenlty joint editor of the journal Sociology.