Women, Madness and Medicine

Women, Madness and Medicine
ISBN-10
074561261X
ISBN-13
9780745612614
Category
Social Science
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
1995-02-17
Publisher
Polity
Author
Denise Russell

Description

This book looks at the roots of modern psychiatry, its theoretical approach to women, and what shifting trends in diagnosis tell us about its social underpinning. Arguing at both an epistemological and empirical level, Russell challenges the biological base of conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, premenstrual syndrome, anorexia, bulimia and female criminality.

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