Women, Madness and Medicine

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.

Author: Denise Russell
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 02/17/1995
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.01w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780745612614

About the Author
Denise Russell is Senior Lecturer in the Department of General Philosophy at the University of Sydney.

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