Women in psychiatry : personal perspectives / edited by Donna M. Norris, Geetha Jayaram, Annelle B. Primm.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Norris, Donna M., 1943-
• Jayaram, Geetha.
• Primm, Annelle.
• American Psychiatric Publishing.
• Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Psychiatrists--Biography.
• Psychiatrists.
• Psychiatry.
• Women, Working.
• Career Choice.

Medical Subjects:

• Psychiatry.
• Women, Working.
• Career Choice.

Genre:

• Biographies.
• Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 321 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Arlington, VA : American Psychiatric Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Women entering psychiatry or other health care professions face challenges their male counterparts do not. In Women in Psychiatry: Personal Perspectives, 21 female leaders in psychiatric medicine trace the paths they followed to enter and excel in this profession. The book is a testimony to the progress women have made in the field of psychiatry, especially since the feminist movement began in the 1970s. The stories of these accomplished women are frankly presented and illustrate strategies they have used to balance their private and professional lives and to overcome barriers to their development as women professionals in medical careers. Women in Psychiatry clearly demonstrates where an interest in science or medicine can lead when combined with determination, guidance, experience, mentoring, perseverance, and organizational support. The featured women represent diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, positions, career pathways, and accomplishments. Each of their stories is unique. This book offers not only fascinating insights into leadership and achievement, but also inspiration and must-read practical guidance to anyone interested in a similar career. Book jacket.

Contents:

• Embarking on a career path : persistence, process, and psychiatry / Andrea M. Brownridge
• A woman of culture and compassion from the Carolinas / Crystal R. Bullard
• Emerging from the shadow and exposed to the light / Hind Benjelloun
• An early-career perspective on work, parenthood, and leadership : you can have it all, you just can't have it all right now / Amy Ursano
• Farmer's daughter excels in psychiatry / Deborah Deas
• Finding my way : a nontraditional career in psychiatry / Mary E. Barber
• Getting to the inner circle : the long, hard road / Jo-Ellyn M. Ryall
• An adventurous journey : from the holy city to the windy city / Surinder Nand
• Mission driven and road tested : a career path in psychiatry / Anita S. Everett
• A community psychiatrist straddling worlds and bridging chasms / Annelle B. Primm
• Administration, advocacy, and academics : one woman's experience / Patricia R. Recupero
• Specializing in the wholly impossible / Altha J. Stewart
• The challenges of leadership : a womans perspective / Ann Marie Sullivan
• Having the courage and conviction to succeed / Donna M. Norris
• Army psychiatrist / Elspeth Cameron Ritchie
• A serendipitous career : from cowboy to out lesbian faculty psychiatrist / Ellen Haller
• Another immigrant's tale : so near and yet so far / Geetha Jayaram
• Receiving effective support while making culture and language changes / Esperanza Diaz
• Unexpected adventures behind the walls / Cassandra F. Newkirk
• My partly planned journey : what has worked for me / Gail E. Robinson
• Centering / Mary Jane England with M. J. Doherty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

ISBN:

• 9781585624089
• 158562408X

OCLC:

754994023

Online:

The Samuel Bellet Book Fund Home Page