Women's voices in psychiatry : a collection of essays / edited by Gianetta Rands (Consultant Psychiatrist, Re: Cognition Health, London UK; Mental Capacity Act Adviser and Executive Member, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rands, Gianetta, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women psychiatrists--Great Britain.

Women psychiatrists.

Women in medicine--Great Britain.

Women in medicine.

Psychiatry--Great Britain.

Psychiatry.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"In early 2015, the Royal College of Psychiatrists had 4,640 female Members and Fellows and 6,015 male Members and Fellows, a ratio of 43.5% to 56.5%. Despite the high and increasing proportion of women in UK psychiatry over the years (relative to other medical specialties), publications about the history and practice of psychiatry have traditionally been written by men and about men, and there has been a distinct lack of commentary from the woman's perspective. This collection of essays examines the role of women in psychiatry and shares some of their key contributions to the specialty. Presented as a collection of thoughts, opinions, and experiences of women doctors specialising in modern day psychiatry, this book is intended to be accessible to all readers interested in the mind, mental health services, and women's roles in medicine"--Back cover.

Contents:

Poem: Domestic Confessional p. 2

1 Career Reflections of a 1970s Feminist p. 3 / Gianetta Rands

2 A History of Women in British Medicine p. 25 / Abi Rimmer

3 The Entry of Women into Psychiatry p. 39 / Fiona Subotsky

Profile: The Life of Dr Helen Boyle (1869-1957) p. 50 / Fiona Subotsky

Profile: Dame Fiona Caldicott. An Inspirational Woman with an Astonishingly Impressive Career p. 52 / Katherine Kennet and Fiona Caldicott

Poem: My Small but Significant Body of Work p. 56

4 History of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Women's Mental Health Special Interest Group p. 57 / Jane Mounty and Anne Cremona and Rosalind Ramsay

5 Psychiatry and Patienthood p. 73 / Rosemary Lethem

6 Perinatal Psychiatry: Motherhood in Mental Health Services p. 91 / Jacqueline Humphreys

Profile: Dora Black p. 104 / Rashmi Verma

7 The Role of Women in Intellectual Disabilities: Clinicians, Scientists, Parents p. 109 / Rupal Dave and Angela Hassiotis

Profile: Helen Green Allison (1923-2011): A Story of Hope, Faith, and Charity p. 122 / Jane Mounty

8 Are Women's Mental Health Units Needed? p. 125 / Aoife Rajyaluxmi Singh

9 Jail Birds: Challenges for Prisoners and Professionals p. 135 / Annie Bartlett

Poem: Considering the Predictive Value of the Risk Assessment Score p. 148

10 The Maternal Lap and the Mental Health Trust p. 149 / Jo O'Reilly

11 Historical Child Sexual Abuse p. 161 / Joanne Stubley and Victoria Barker and Maria Eyres

12 Old Age, Women, and Dynamic Psychotherapy p. 177 / Sandra Evans and Jane Garner

13 A Woman who Made a Difference: An Interview with Nori Graham p. 189 / Amanda Thompsell

Profile: Eluned Woodford-Williams: 12 September 1913 to 25 November 1984 p. 202 / Itunuayo V. Ayeni

14 A Woman the Government Feared: Barbara Robb (1912-76) p. 205 / Claire Hilton

15 Change and Continuity in Psychiatry: One Woman's Reflections p. 219 / Claire Murdoch

Poem: The Disappeared p. 229

Profile: Lisbeth Hockey and Annie Altschul p. 230 / Nikita Hyare

6 Reducing the Risk of Dementia p. 233 / Joanne Rodda

7 Whose Life is it Anyway? Life and Death in the Court of Protection p. 245 / Clementine Maddock

18 Women in Psychiatric Training p. 253 / Georgina Fozard and Philippa Greenfield

Poem: The Art of Listening p. 264

19 Women as Trainers in Psychiatry p. 265 / Hannah Fosker and Ann Boyle

20 How to Succeed in Psychiatry Without Really Trying: One Woman's Accidental Pathway to the Top of Her Profession p. 277 / Wendy Burn

21 The Road Less Travelled p. 289 / Sue Bailey

Poem: The Other Women in the Wardrobe p. 298.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198785488

9780198785484

OCLC:

1020866914