Trauma, Women's Mental Health, and Social Justice: Pitfalls and Possibilities

by Emma Tseris

Book Overview

This book argues that while notions of trauma in mental health hold promise for the advancement of women's rights, the mainstreaming of trauma treatments and therapies has had mixed implications, sometimes replacing genuine social change efforts with new forms of female oppression by psychiatry. It contends that trauma interventions often represent a "business as usual" approach within psychiatry, with women being expected to comply with rigid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036766027X
• ISBN13: 9780367660277
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"