Women & Psychosis: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts) ISBN-13: 9781498591911

Author: Brown, Marie

Brand: Lexington Books

Number Of Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781498591911

Release Date: 13-03-2019

Languages: english

Binding: Hardcover

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches

Details: Interrogating the relationship between women and psychosis from a variety of perspectives, this edited collection explores personal, literary, spiritual, psychological, biological, and psychodynamic approaches. The contributors reflect on medieval mystics and witches, postpartum psychosis, disordered eating, art and literature, feminism, and male/female differences in schizophrenia. Women with experience of psychosis, psychotherapists, and a shaman provide first-person accounts to give the book a personal grounding. Curated with the intent to expand the way we think about women and psychosis, the contributors to this collection recognize that “voices and visions” do not occur in a vacuum, but are experienced within, and are influenced by, particular socio-cultural contexts.