Gender and mental health /

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Author / Creator:Prior, Pauline.
Imprint:New York : New York University Press, 1999.
Description:x, 198 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3967364
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ISBN:0814766749 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0814766757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • Why write another book on gender and mental health?
  • New knowledge
  • Summary of contents
  • Part I. Mental Disorder
  • 2. Defining Mental Disorder
  • Legal definitions
  • Medical definitions
  • Alternative perspectives
  • Culture and mental disorder
  • 3. The Population at Risk
  • Gender and prevalence
  • Mental disorders associated with women
  • Mental disorders associated with men
  • Finding the population at risk
  • 4. Approaches to Treatment
  • Different perspectives
  • Hospital care
  • Community care
  • Therapies within mainstream psychiatry
  • Non-medical approaches
  • 5. Gender and Normality
  • Feminism
  • The male perspective
  • Sexuality
  • Psychiatry and the gender debates
  • Part II. Mental Health Policy
  • 6. Defining Mental Health Policy
  • A conceptual framework
  • Modelling the policy system
  • Analysing policy processes
  • Understanding decision-making
  • The impact of ideologies
  • Changing trends in health policy
  • 7. Mental Health Services
  • Recent trends
  • Current services in Europe
  • Current services in the USA
  • Gender and the use of services
  • 8. The Law and Mental Disorder
  • The scope of mental health law
  • Mental health law in Europe
  • Mental health law in the USA
  • A gendered impact?
  • 9. Crime and Mental Disorder
  • Is there a link?
  • Gender and crime
  • Services for offenders with mental disorders
  • Inside 'special hospitals'
  • 10. A Final Word
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index