{"product_id":"madness-of-women-paperback-softback","title":"Madness of Women - Paperback \/ softback","description":"Nominated for the 2012Distinguished 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 women's prolonged misery and distress? In turn, can we prevent or treat women’s distress, in a non-pathologising women centred way? The Madness of Womenaddresses these questions through a rigorous exploration of the myths and realities of women's 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 women's madness that both addresses the notion that madness is a myth, and yet acknowledges the reality and multiple causes of women's distress. Topics include:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe genealogy of women’s madness – incarceration of difficult or deviant women\u003cbr\u003eRegulation through treatment\u003cbr\u003eDeconstrucing depression, PMS and borderline personality disorder\u003cbr\u003eMadness as a reasonable response to objectification and sexual violence\u003cbr\u003eWomen’s narratives of resistanceThis book will be of great interest to students and scholars of psychology, gender studies, sociology, women's studies, cultural studies, counselling and nursing.\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44570060783854,"sku":"9780415339285","price":84.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415339285.jpg?v=1704126525","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/madness-of-women-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}