Men, Women and Madness

by Joan Busfield

Book Overview

The questions of what defines mental illness and what language should be used to define it are the subject of much debate in the mental health professions. Within this debate lies the question of how the diagnosis of mental illness relates to gender, and more specifically why it is that women are frequently assumed to be more prone to mental disorder than men. In Men, Women and Madness , Joan Busfield examines the complex gendered landscape of mental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814712819
• ISBN13: 9780814712818
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"