Research Catalog

Title

Rethinking mental health and disorder : feminist perspectives / edited by Mary Ballou, Laura S. Brown.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Guilford Press, ©2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ballou, Mary B., 1949-
• Brown, Laura S.

Description

xxii, 314 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This volume presents cutting-edge work at the interface of feminist theory and mental health. Building on the success of their acclaimed "Personality and Psychopathology," which called into question traditional models of health and disorder, Mary Ballou and Laura S. Brown have invited a stellar array of contributors to continue the vital process of feminist theory building and critique. The book outlines compelling theoretical approaches including postmodern, constructivist, relational, cultural, and feminist ecological perspectives that go beyond simply inserting analyses of gender, culture, and other contextual factors into existing paradigms. Also examined are specific areas of distress and disorder about which new feminist understandings have been developed in the past decade. Shedding new light on such conditions as depression, PTSD, psychosis, somatoform disorders, and premenstrual syndrome, chapters address critical questions about how disorders are diagnosed, who gets labeled as "sick," and how treatment is conceptualized and delivered.

Alternative Title

Rethinking mental health & disorder

Subject

• Feminist therapy
• Feminist psychology
• Women > Mental health
• Feminism
• Women > Health and hygiene
• Feminism
• Women's Health
• Mental Disorders > psychology
• feminism
• Women > Health and hygiene
• Feminist psychology
• Feminist therapy
• Women > Mental health
• Psychische stoornissen
• Geestelijke gezondheid
• Feminisme

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Developing feminist theories. Unfinished business : postmodern feminismin personality psychology / Jeanne Marecek -- A Feminist critique of attachment theory and evolutionary psychology / Susan Contratto -- New developments in relational-cultural theory / Judith V. Jordan, Linda M. Hartling -- Constructing identities : a feminist, culturally contextualized alternative to "personality" / Karen L. Suyemoto -- Toward a feminist ecological theory of human nature : theory building in response to real-world dynamics / Mary Ballou, Atsushi Matsumoto, Michael Wagner -- Psychopathology. Somatoform and pain disorders / Denise Webster -- Raging hormones? : feminist perspectives on premenstrual syndrome and postpartum depression / Joan C. Chrisler, Ingrid Johnston-Robledo -- Alcohol and drug addiction in women : phenomenology and prevention / Lynn H. Collins -- The Chrysalis program : a feminist treatment community for individuals diagnosed as personality disordered / Margo Rivera -- Contextual and developmental frameworks in diagnosing children and adolescents / Natalie Porter -- Depression and schizophrenia in women : the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, and class / Elizabeth Sparks.

ISBN

• 1572307994
• 9781572307995

LCCN

2002007091

OCLC

• ocm49795525
• 49795525
• SCSB-1268846

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library