Men, Women and Madness: Understanding Gender and Mental Disorder

Men, Women and Madness: Understanding Gender and Mental Disorder
ISBN-10
1349246786
ISBN-13
9781349246786
Category
Social Science
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2017-03-01
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Joan Busfield

Description

This book focuses on the complex patterning of mental disorder identified in men and women. The first part of the book examines the gendered landscape of mental disorder, key concepts and approaches, and the way in which gender is embedded in constructs of mental disorder. The second part considers theories of the causes of mental disorder and the extent to which the different causes can account for the gendered landscape of disorder. It concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of the analysis.

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