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OverviewWomen and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness focuses on the question of madness as it is experienced by women within gendered sociopolitical contexts. Contributors to this edited collection engage with a diverse range of topics, including black and ethnic minority women’s experiences of psychosis, psychosis in transwomen, sexual trauma and psychosis, the doctor–patient relationship, and women’s experiences of mental health treatment and recovery. Chapters span the disciplines of psychoanalysis, sociology, women’s studies, critical theory, and madness studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marie Brown , Marilyn Charles , Noel Hunter , Harshad KevalPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.90cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9781498591966ISBN 10: 1498591965 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 02 July 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Race, Gender, and Psychosis Chapter 2. Mourning and Melancholia in Transwomen: Inscription and the Risk for Melancholic Psychosis Chapter 3. My Monster, My Self Chapter 4. Sabina Spielrein and Frau M: Two Historical Cases of Female Psychoses Chapter 5. Lucia Chapter 6. The Locust of Words and the Locus of Saying: Femininity and Psychosis Chapter 7. I Call this Institutionalized Rape Chapter 8. The Scarlet Diagnosis: Trauma, Psychosis, and Pathologizing the Feminine Chapter 9. Being of Sound Mind Chapter 10. Faith: A Woman InterruptedReviewsWe must return to psychosis and its meaning systems again and again with every generation to understand the power it holds to oppress or illuminate the subjectivity of women who have supposedly gone mad. In Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness Marie Brown and Marilyn Charles have welcomed us to hear their voices once more and to listen with new ears. -- Aurelie Athan, Columbia University Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness is thought-provoking collection of observations and insights about the challenges women of all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds face in learning to cope with their psychosis-related symptoms. -- Andrea Lefebvre, author of Group Therapy for Voice Hearers: Insights and Perspectives Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness is thought-provoking collection of observations and insights about the challenges women of all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds face in learning to cope with their psychosis-related symptoms. -- Andrea Lefebvre, author of Group Therapy for Voice Hearers: Insights and Perspectives We must return to psychosis and its meaning systems again and again with every generation to understand the power it holds to oppress or illuminate the subjectivity of women who have supposedly gone mad. In Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness Marie Brown and Marilyn Charles have welcomed us to hear their voices once more and to listen with new ears. -- Aurelie Athan, Columbia University Author InformationMarie Brown is clinical psychology doctoral candidate at Long Island University Brooklyn and co-founder of the Hearing Voices Network NYC. Marilyn Charles is staff psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center, Professor at the University of Monterrey (UDEM), and practicing psychoanalyst. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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