Men, Women, and Madness: Understanding Gender and Mental Disorder

Abstract

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