Men, women and madness: understanding gender and mental disorderNowadays, mental disorder is often seen as a typically female malady. This book rejects this claim, focusing on the complex patterning of mental disorder identified in men and women. The first part covers fundamentals and the second part looks at the origi |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Gendered Landscape | 13 |
Gender and Feminist Theorising | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Men, women and madness: understanding gender and mental disorder |
| Author | Joan Busfield |
| Editor | Jo Campling |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0333463692, 9780333463697 |
| Length | 287 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / Psychiatry / General Mental illness Psychology / General Psychology / Human Sexuality Psychology / Mental Illness Psychology / Psychopathology / General Sex differences Sex differences (Psychology) Sex role Social Science / Gender Studies Social psychiatry |
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