| Women, Madness and Medicine Contributor(s): Russell, Denise (Author) |
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ISBN: 074561261X ISBN-13: 9780745612614 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Psychiatry - General |
| Dewey: 616.890 |
| LCCN: 94038395 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.01" W x 9.02" (0.68 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book looks at the roots of modern psychiatry, its theoretical approach to women, and what shifting trends in diagnosis tell us about its social underpinning. Arguing at both an epistemological and empirical level, Russell challenges the biological base of conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, premenstrual syndrome, anorexia, bulimia and female criminality. |