THE MADNESS OF WOMEN IBD

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Nominatedáfor theá2012áDistinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology!Why are women more likely to be positioned or diagnosed as mad than men?If madness is a social construction, a gendered label, as many feminist critics would argue, how can we understand and explain womenâÇÖs prolonged misery and distress? In turn, can we prevent or treat womenâÇÖs distress, in a non-pathologising women centred way? The Madness of Women addresses these questions through a rigorous exploration of the myths and realities of womenâÇÖs madness.Drawing on academic and clinical experience, including case studies and in-depth interviews, as well as on the now extensive critical literature in the field of mental health, Jane Ussher presents a critical multifactorial analysis of womenâÇÖs madness that both addresses the notion that madness is a myth, and yet acknowledges the reality and multiple causes of womenâÇÖs distress. Topics include:The genealogy of womenâÇÖs madness - incarceration of difficult or deviant womenRegulation through treatmentDeconstrucing depression, PMS and borderline personality disorderMadness as a reasonable response to objectification and sexual violenceWomenâÇÖs narratives of resistanceThis book will be of great interest to students and scholars of psychology, gender studies, sociology, womenâÇÖs studies, cultural studies, counselling and nursing.