Gendering mental health : knowledges, identities, and institutions / Bhargavi V. Davar and T.K. Sundari Ravindran.
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TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199085408 (ebook) :Subject(s): Women -- Mental health -- India | Mental illness -- Social aspects -- IndiaAdditional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 362.20820954 LOC classification: RC451.5.I5Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
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