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Situating sadness : women and depression in social context /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stoppard, Janet M. (Janet Mary), 1945-, McMullen, Linda M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2003]
Series:Qualitative studies in psychology.
Subjects:
Depression in women > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Janet Stoppard and Linda McMullen
  • "Depressed" women's constructions of the deficient self / Linda M. McMullen
  • Depressed women's treatment experiences: exploring themes of medicalization and empowerment / Janet M. Stoppard and Deanna J. Gammell
  • The anger of hope and the anger of despair: how anger relates to women's depression / Dana Crowley Jack
  • "Imprisoned in my own prison": a relational understanding of Sonya's story of postpartum depression / Natasha S. Mauthner
  • Postpartum depression: women's accounts of loss and change / Paula Nicolson
  • Legacy of betrayal: a theory of demoralization from the perspective of women who have been depressed / Susan A. Hurst
  • "I just went on ... there was no feeling better, there was no feeling worse": rural women's experiences of living with and managing "depression" / Yvette Scattolon
  • "Your heart is never free": women in Wales and Ghana talking about distress / Vivienne Walters, Joyce Yaa Avotri, and Nickie Charles
  • Conclusion / Linda M. McMullen and Janet M. Stoppard.