This book argues that while notions of trauma in mental health hold promise for the advancement of women’s rights, the mainstreaming of trauma treatments and therapies has had mixed implications, sometimes replacing genuine social change efforts with new forms of female oppression by psychiatry. It contends that trauma interventions often represent a "business as usual" approach within psychiatry, with women being expected to comply with rigid treatment protocols, accepting the advice given by trauma "experts" that they are mentally unstable and that they must learn to manage the effects of violence in the absence of any real changes to their circumstances or resources. A critique of trauma treatment in its current form, Trauma, Women’s Mental Health, and Social Justice recommends practical steps towards a socio-political perspective on trauma which passionately re-engages with feminist values and activist principles.
| ISBN: | 9781138091801 |
| Publication date: | 19th March 2019 |
| Author: | Emma University of Sydney, Australia Tseris |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 126 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Gender and Society |
| Genres: |
Gender studies: women and girls Medical sociology Mental health services Health, illness and addiction: social aspects |
This book argues that while notions of trauma in mental health hold promise for the advancement of women’s rights, the mainstreaming of trauma treatments and therapies has had mixed implications, sometimes replacing genuine social change efforts with new forms of female oppression by psychiatry. It contends that trauma interventions often represent a "business as usual" approach within psychiatry, with women being expected to comply with rigid treatment protocols, accepting the advice given by trauma "experts" that they are mentally unstable and that they must learn to manage the effects of violence in the absence of any real changes to their circumstances or resources. A critique of trauma treatment in its current form, Trauma, Women’s Mental Health, and Social Justice recommends practical steps towards a socio-political perspective on trauma which passionately re-engages with feminist values and activist principles.
Trauma, Women’s Mental Health, and Social Justice features in the following genres: Gender studies: women and girls, Medical sociology, Mental health services, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects
Trauma, Women’s Mental Health, and Social Justice is available in Hardback
Trauma, Women’s Mental Health, and Social Justice was written by Emma University of Sydney, Australia Tseris and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Trauma, Women’s Mental Health, and Social Justice has 126 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Gender and Society series
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