Women's voices in psychiatry : a collection of essays / edited by Gianetta Rands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rands, Gianetta, Editor.

Contributor:

Rands, Gianetta, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women psychiatrists.

Psychiatry.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

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 text is intended to be accessible to all readers interested in the mind, mental health services, and women's roles in medicine.

Contents:

Abbreviations Contributors Poem: Domestic Confessional 1 Career Reflections of a 1970s Feminist 2 A History of Women in British Medicine 3 The Entry of Women into Psychiatry 4 History of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Women's Mental Health Special Interest Group 5 Psychiatry and Patienthood 6 Perinatal Psychiatry: Motherhood in Mental Health Services 7 The Role of Women in Intellectual Disabilities: Clinicians, Scientists, Parents Profile: Helen Green Allison (1923-2011): A Story of Hope, Faith, and Charity 8 Are Women's Mental Health Units Needed? 9 Jail Birds: Challenges for Prisoners and Professionals 10 The Maternal Lap and the Mental Health Trust 11 Historical Child Sexual Abuse 12 Old Age, Women, and Dynamic Psychotherapy 13 A Woman who Made a Difference: An Interview with Nori Graham 14 A Woman the Government Feared: Barbara Robb (1912−76) 15 Change and Continuity in Psychiatry: One Woman's Reflections 16 Reducing the Risk of Dementia 17 Whose Life is it Anyway? Life and Death in the Court of Protection 18 Women in Psychiatric Training 19 Women as Trainers in Psychiatry 20 How to Succeed in Psychiatry Without Really Trying: One Woman's Accidental Pathway to the Top of Her Profession 21 The road less travelled

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-108828-5

0-19-182739-8

0-19-108827-7