Gendering mental health : knowledges, identities, and institutions

Davar, Bhargavi V.

Gendering mental health : knowledges, identities, and institutions edited by Bhargavi V. Davar and T.K. Sundari Ravindran. - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2015 - xii, 236 pages

Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Delivering Justice, Withdrawing Care: The Norms and Etiquettes of `Having' a Mental Illness /​ Bhargavi V. Davar
2.(Un)making Madness: Delving into the Depths of Knowledge /​ Ranjita Biswas
3.Adjudicating Illness and Capacity: Notes from a Custody Trial /​ Vasudha Nagaraj
4.Ideological Reproduction of Gender and Normality in Psychiatric Drug Advertisements /​ Jayasree Kalathil
5.Mining Marginalities and Mainstreaming Differences: The Disability Paradigm in Perspective /​ Renu Addlakha
6.Growing Up and Sexual Identity Formation: Mental Health Concerns of Lesbian Women /​ Yogita Hastak
7.A Researcher's Tale /​ Shazneen Limjerwala
8.Women's Rights, Human Rights, and the State: Reconfiguring Gender and Mental Health Concerns in India /​ Anubha Sood
9.Identity Constructions for `Mentally Disturbed' Women: Identities versus Institutions /​ Bhargavi V. Davar.

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Mental health -- India -- Congresses
Women -- India -- Psychology -- Congresses
Women -- Mental health -- India -- Congresses
Mental illness -- Social aspects -- India

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