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Men, women and madness: understanding gender and mental disorder
- Author:
- BUSFIELD Joan
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 301p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Women are frequently assumed to be more prone to mental disorders than men. Yet the evidence shows a much more complex gendered landscape of mental health problems. The author surveys ideas about gender relations in detail, focusing on issues concerning constructions of mental disorder and the gendered nature of these constructions. Part 2 looks at different explanations for mental disorder, including biological, social and psychological reasons.