Gendering mental health :
Gendering mental health : knowledges, identities, and institutions /
Bhargavi V. Davar and T.K. Sundari Ravindran.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199085408 (ebook) : No price
Women--Mental health--India.
Mental illness--Social aspects--India.
RC451.5.I5
362.20820954
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199085408 (ebook) : No price
Women--Mental health--India.
Mental illness--Social aspects--India.
RC451.5.I5
362.20820954