Psychiatric Oppression in Women's Lives: Creative Resistance and Collective Dissent

by Scarlett Franks, Emma Tseris, Eva Bright Hart

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of women's experiences within mental health services, demonstrating the need for a radical paradigm shift in how women's distress and experiences are understood. Drawing on extensive fieldwork on coercive mental health treatment, including interviews, participatory action research, arts-based research, and public sociology, the book centres the knowledge, skills, and creativity of psychiatrised women.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031650670
• ISBN13: 9783031650673
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"