Women, Madness and Medicine

This 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 that both an epistemological and empirical level, Russell challenges the biological base of conditions such as schizophrenia, depressi [...]
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This 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 that both an epistemological and empirical level, Russell challenges the biological base of conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, premenstrual syndrome, anorexia and bulimia and female criminality.