Full Description
The gender perspective is largely lacking in the discourse on mental health in India while the debate on women's issues rarely incorporates this important topic. Bringing together original contributions from a variety of perspectives, including sociology, anthropology, literature and media studies, this volume will greatly assist a holistic understanding of issues relating to the mental health of Indian women.
Contents
PART ONEGender and Mental Health - Bhargavi V DavarInter-disciplinary PerspectivesMental Health of Indian women - Ajita ChakrabortyA Field ExperienceGender Issues in Mental Health - Anisha ShahA Clinical Psychology PerspectiveFrom the Personal to the Collective - U VindhyaPsychological/Feminist Issues of Mental healthFurther Considerations on Women and Mental Health - Sasheej HegdePART TWO: THE BODY, REPRODUCTION AND MENTAL HEALTHThe Interface Between Psychiatry and Women's Reproductive Health - Prabha S ChandraGynaecological Morbidity and the Common Mental Disorders in Low-Income Urban Women in Mumbai - Surinder K P JaswalThe Female Body as the Battleground of Meaning - Janet Chawla and Sarah PintoThe Female Body of Possession - Kalpana RamA feminist Perspective on Rural Tamil Women's ExperiencesPART THREE:VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTHThe Unsafe Nest - Rajalakshmi Sriram and Sudipta MukherjeeAnalysing and Treating the Roots and Reaches of Marital ViolenceDisclosure and Child Sexual Abuse - L Kavitha Vijayalakshmi and Shekhar SeshadriContent Analysis of Written Narratives of DisclosureChild Sexual Abuse and Social Factors Preventing Disclosure - Rinchin and Shubhada MaitraAdolescent Girls' NarrativesSexual Violence and Mental Health - Kavita PanjabiConfronting the Paradox of the "Guilty" VictimInscribing Madness - Jayasree Kalathil Another Reading of The Yellow Wallpaper and The Bell JarPART FOUR:WOMEN, SOCIETY AND MENTAL ILLNESSLay and Medical Diagnoses of the Normative Construction of Femininity - Renu AddlakhaWomen and the Law on Unsoundness of Mind - Amita DhandaThe Media and Women's Mental Health - Ammu Joseph
