Understanding Depression: Feminist Social Constructionist Approaches

by Janet M. Stoppard

Book Overview

Women are particularly vulnerable to depression. Understanding Depression provides an in-depth critical examination of mainstream approaches to understanding and treating depression from a feminist perspective. Janet Stoppard argues that current approaches give only partial accounts of womens' experiences of depression and concludes that a better understanding will only be achieved when womens' experiences and lived realities are considered in relation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415165636
• ISBN13: 9780415165631
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"