| Description |
ix, 239 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Women and psychology |
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Women and psychology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-229) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Depression: a gendered problem -- What is depression? Definitional debates -- Looking for sources of depression within person-environment interactions: diathesis-stress models -- Depression and women's psychology: susceptibility or specificity? -- Social models of depression: sources of adversity and stress in women's lives -- Women's bodies, women's lives and depression: exploring material-discursive approaches -- Depression in adolescence: negotiating identities in a girl-poisoning culture -- Women's lives and depression: marriage and motherhood -- Women and aging: depression in midlife and old age -- Women overcoming depression: coping, treatment and politics -- Why new perspectives are needed for understanding depression in women. |
| Subject |
Depression in women -- Social aspects.
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Feminist psychology.
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Depressive Disorder.
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Feminism.
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Sociology.
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Women -- psychology.
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| ISBN |
0415165628 |
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9780415165624 |
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0415165636 paperback |
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9780415165631 paperback |
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