Gendering mental health : knowledges, identities, and institutions

This work explores women's experiences of mental distress, disturbance and disabilities, and assesses how a variety of institutions impacts them. It presents primary research by a number of young scholars as well as other established researchers in the field of gender studies thereby contributi...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Davar
Körperschaft:
'National Review Workshop on Gender and Mental Health' (Corporate Author)
Weitere Verfasser:
Sundari Ravindran, T. K. (MitwirkendeR, HerausgeberIn), Davar, Bhargavi V. (MitwirkendeR, HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Tagungsbericht Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This work explores women's experiences of mental distress, disturbance and disabilities, and assesses how a variety of institutions impacts them. It presents primary research by a number of young scholars as well as other established researchers in the field of gender studies thereby contributing to women's studies by bringing the voices of women entrapped by the discourse of madness within sciences, legal systems, policies and the media.
Umfang:
1 online resource
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-908540-4
Schlagworte:
Women > Mental health > India > Congresses.
Mental health > Psychology > India > Congresses.
Women > India > Congresses.
Psychiatry - General
Psychiatry
Health & Biological Sciences
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