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Pearson, Lydia Marie. "The materiality of the female in Shirley Jackson's short fiction." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3349.
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Shirley Jackson's fiction continues to be placed within the gothic horror genre because of its supernatural and horror images. I contend the major focus of her work is her critique of the social norms constructed for women by an archaic and inauthentic patriarchial system of rules and domestic expectation for women that result in madness for the resisting female.
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Sadavoy, Beth. ""Bearing the weight of a mother's mood" : does a history of depression influence a woman's attitudes about having children? : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5925.
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Mireau, Margaret Ruth. "The experience of women who are caregivers to their chronically mentally ill adult children." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ54734.pdf.
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Briggs, Melissa L. "Measuring the benefits of safety awareness and violence prevention techniques for mentally ill women living in the community." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1045627.
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Research shows that women are at higher risk for being victimized simply because of their gender. Women with mental illness living independently are especially vulnerable, since they underreport victimization and underutilize available resources. This study evaluated the benefits of educating women with mental illness about safety and violence. Twenty women utilizing outpatient services at two community mental health centers participated in one of two 12-week groups: 15 received an educational curriculum and 5 a control condition. Outcomes were assessed using pretest and posttest measures of quality of daily life, self-esteem and perceived control over life events, awareness of available resources to them as women, awareness of violence, attitudes about safety, and confidence in abilities to protect themselves. The greatest improvement was in the curriculum women's awareness of resources. Intra-group variability, a small sample size, and other unexpected complications precluded a definitive evaluation of the curriculum, but overall results suggest further research in this area would be beneficial.Department of Psychological Science
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Wiener, Diane Rochelle. "Narrativity, Emplotment, and Voice in Autobiographical and Cinematic Representations of "Mentally Ill" Women, 1942-2003." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195156.
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This dissertation presents an historical overview of the interdependent representations of gender, class, ethnicity, race, nationality, sexuality, and (dis)ability in a selection of films and first-person written autobiographical texts from the 1940s to the early twenty-first century. Cinematic and written autobiographical representations of “mental illness” reflect and shape various models of psychological trauma and wellness. I explore the ways that these two genres of representation underscore, exert influence upon, and interrogate socio-cultural understandings and interpretations of deviance and normalcy, madness and sanity, and pathology and health. Some models of health and illness carry more ideological weight than others, and thus differentially contour public policy formation and the materiality of people’s daily lives. My project is distinct from other kinds of scholarship on the subject of women’s “madness.” Whereas scholarship has been written on “madness” and cinema, and on “madness” and autobiography, this related academic work has not consistently drawn linkages between multiple genres or utilized interdisciplinary methodologies to critically explore texts. Feminist scholars who address the interconnections between autobiographies and cinematic representations often pay only limited attention to psychiatric survivors. I draw parallels and distinctions between these genres, based upon my training in social work, cultural studies, film and autobiography theory, medical and linguistic anthropology, and disability studies. My perspective hinges upon my longstanding involvement with and commitment to the subject of women’s “madness” in both personal and professional arenas.
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Hauser, Claudia. "Politiken des Wahnsinns weibliche Psychopathologie in Texten deutscher Autorinnen zwischen Spätaufklärung und Fin de siecle /." Hildesheim : Olms, 2007. http://books.google.com/books?id=WuFmAAAAMAAJ.
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Okin, Mary Glennon. ""Madwomen in Quebec: An Analysis of the Recurring Themes in the Reasons for Women's Commital to Beauport, 1894-1940." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2008. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/OkinM2008.pdf.
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Khan, Baraah A. "Providing mental health care to women in a Middle Eastern context : a qualitative study in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27318.
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In Middle Eastern countries the authority of male guardians means women often endure significant social and gender inequalities, which can contribute to mental health problems, and impact on the mental health care received. This exploratory, qualitative study investigated mental health care delivery to Middle Eastern women in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nurses (7), psychiatrists (3) and clinical psychologists (3) from a mental health hospital, student nurse interns (6) from a public women’s university and mental health care service users (5) and their family members (7) from a charitable organisation underwent semi-structured interviews. Their mental health beliefs, views and perceptions regarding the provision of mental health care to Middle Eastern women were explored. Transcripts were analysed using grounded theory, underpinned by the theory of intersectionality. Social identities of culture, religion and gender emerged as particularly important intersecting influences. Social class was less prominent. Gender inequalities and family control significantly impacted on women’s mental health and the care they received. Women violating cultural norms risked psychiatric labelling, and being interned, whilst those with genuine mental health problems were stigmatised and sometimes rejected by families. Most health care professionals voiced frustration over cultural norms, which compromised the care they provided. Nevertheless, they respected service users’ behaviours to earn trust and facilitate a therapeutic relationship. They appeared to be subconsciously tailoring the biomedical model of care to ensure appropriate and effective, culturally competent and culturally safe care. Gender inequalities, marital stress, polygamy, supernatural beliefs, folk/faith healing, lack of knowledge, compassion fatigue and custodial versus therapeutic care also emerged as important themes. These findings informed recommendations for best practice in the care of women with mental health problems in Saudi Arabia.
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"The murderous woman: madness in four modern western and Chinese stories by woman." 2000. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5895792.
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by Lui Sha-Lee.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-149).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Acknowledgements --- p.vi
Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter Chapter Two --- Ideological Implications of “Madness´ح in Western and Chinese Culture --- p.12
Chapter Chapter Three --- Madwoman as the Murderous Daughter: Kitty Fitzgerald's Marge and Tie Ning's The Cliff in the Afternoon --- p.36
Chapter Chapter Four --- "Madwoman as the Murderous Wife: Elsa Lewin's I, Anna and Li Ang's The Butcher ´ةs Wife" --- p.83
Chapter Chapter Five --- Conclusion --- p.121
Notes --- p.134
Works Cited --- p.143
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Chou, Yu-An, and 周佑安. "Medical Outcomes of Pregnancy among Mentally Ill Women." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55766357125372957514.
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碩士國立陽明大學
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Background: The literature on obstetric complications in mental illness mothers found mixed results. Recent evidence suggests a positive relationship. Aims: To investigate the pregnancy outcomes of mothers with a history of psychotic disorders. The researcher considers whether births to mothers with psychotic disorders have an increased risk of obstetric complications. Method: A retrospective cohort study was carried out using National Health Insurance Database. Obstetric complications were studied in all women in Taiwan who gave birth during 1996-2002 and also had been admitted to a psychiatric department before pregnancy. Controls were recruited form a random sample of all deliveries in the general population without serious mental illness history. Major diagnosis were stored and retrieved by means of ICD-9-CM code and recorded to case-control status for 1707 cases and 5100 controls. Results: Overall, Women who had presented to psychiatric services before pregnancy had a greater frequency of labour/delivery complications than controls. Among various diagnostic mental disorders in case group, schizophrenic women had the highest risks. 30.70% of case group had significant increases in Cesarean section compared with 28.96% in the control group. The risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes were even after adjusting for age and hospital degree in women with schizophrenia compared to women in the control group (e.g., abortive pregnancy; RR 2.15, 95%CI 1.09-4.27, pregnancy mainly complication; RR 1.51, 95%CI 1.22-1.87, labor and delivery complication; RR 1.27, 95%CI 1.05-1.54). The risks of labor and delivery complication were significantly elevated throughout the analyses in a multiple regression model. There were no seasonal differences in the frequency of specific complications. Conclusions: Schizophrenia in the mother implies an increased risk for poor pregnancy outcome, not fully explained by maternal factors. Mental illness women should keep attending antenatal care visits and to offer the pregnancy schizophrenic women specific recommendations, in order to prevent potential harmful interventions that should be avoided. However, unknown pathological mechanisms and possible confounding by social factors and perinatal stress requests further explorations.
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Reid, Carrie Lyn. "Hiding from the moon : living with panic disorder." 2004. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=95268&T=F.
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Moore, M. Junerose. "An examination of the reproductive health histories for menstrual cycle function of psychiatric patients in a long-term mental health care facility a research report submitted in partial fulfillment ... for the degree of Master of Science, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing ... /." 1991. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68797684.html.
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Singh, Jaspal K. 1951. "Indian women rewriting themselves : the representation of "madness" by women writers." Thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/36467.
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Representations of "madness" in literature written by women have been the focus of feminist studies in the western world since the Victorian Era. When Charlotte Gilman Perkins wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" in 1892, she "met with consternation of disapproving males ...[and] it was virtually ignored for thirty
years" (Kasmer 1). Glman herself had gone through a "rest cure" which had brought her "perilously close to having a nervous breakdown" (Kasmer 1). Kasmer holds that the treatment of "rest cure" was commonly prescribed to women diagnosed with hysteria, to help them through "reintegration [into her proper] position as wife by forcing her to focus only on her home and children"
(Kasmer 1).
Adrienne Rich calls for re-visionary readings of all feminist texts. "Revision--the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction" (483) is, for women, an act of survival. When we re-read female texts and re-write ourselves, we see "how our language has trapped as well as liberated us, how the very act of naming has been until now a male prerogative, and how we can begin to see and name--and therefore live--afresh" (Rich 483). Gilbert and Gubar, in their revision of Gilman's text, hold that the
narrator "effects" her own liberation from the "textual/architectural confinement"
of patriarchal constructs by tearing down the wallpaper when she discovers her double behind it, enabling the double to escape to freedom" (91).
Thus, when female authors write about madness, they are "naming" themselves in their own language--the language of the body, which leads to freedom from the patriarchal construct and discourse. When women enter into this medium, they break free from the symbolic order, and only women who speak the same language, and listen with "another ear," (Irigaray) can interpret them. Interpreting this language through our bodies "involves a recognition of difference, a force different from the patriarch. This force points towards liberation" (Kasmer 13).
My discussion of the representation of madness in Anita Desai's Cry. The Peacock and Bharati Mukherjee's Wife supports feminists' reading of madness. In both the books, the heroines break free from the patriarchal construct into another world where they can choose to name themselves. They rewrite and rename their experiences which leads them to liberation. This escape from the patriarchal construct and discourse is named "madness," but feminists claim this experience as empowering by questioning the very construct of madness. They claim that madness is actually a liberation from the patriarchal construct that keeps us in a subordinated and oppressed position in society.Graduation date: 1994
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Bhattacharya, Anindita. "Women's Narratives on Illness and Institutionalization in India: A Feminist Inquiry." Thesis, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-f7rs-3p58.
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In India, various underlying gender related structural factors (i.e., interpersonal violence, lack of social supports, limited opportunities, poverty, and gender biases in mental health practice) serve to keep women living with serious mental illness isolated in psychiatric institutions. Despite this, narratives of women living with serious mental illness and their experiences within institutions have received limited visibility in research. The present study addresses this crucial gap by documenting the lives of women who are former inpatients of a mental hospital and are currently residing at a halfway home in India. I adopted a social constructivist narrative approach to incorporate women’s experiences and examine the context and ways in which their experiences were shaped and situated.
Specifically, the study explored the following questions.
1. How do women describe their experiences and perceptions related to the illness and living at a psychiatric institution (i.e., mental hospital and the halfway home)?
2. What are the physical and social characteristics of the halfway home serving women living with serious mental illness in India?
I answered the first question using narrative data, collected through 34 in-depth interviews with 11 women residents at the halfway home, I examined the second question using field notes that included everyday observations and interactions with women residents, staff members, and interviews with the Director, the Psychologist, the Social Worker, and the Head Housemother at the halfway home. Thereafter, using the theories of self-in-relation (Miller, 1976; Surrey, 1985), institutionalization (Goffman, 1961), and intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1990), I dissect the two research questions further to analyse how women’s experiences and perceptions related to illness and institutionalization are shaped by their gender and social positioning. Using a gender lens, I also critically examine the psychosocial rehabilitation program at the halfway home and ways in which it supports women living with serious mental illness. I used Fraser (2004) guidelines to analyse the narrative data and Emerson, Fretz & Shaw (1995) guidelines to analyse field notes.
Women’s narratives highlight that gender and social positioning significantly shape their experiences of living with mental illness in India. Women perceived their discriminatory social context, particularly restrictive gender norms, a lifetime of denied opportunities, loss of relationships, and violence both in the natal and marital family as factors that contributed and/or exacerbated their illness experiences. Women’s narratives of institutionalization were also embedded in discriminatory social contexts. Poverty and gender disadvantage were the primary reasons for women’s admission to mental hospitals. Furthermore, the shift in care from institutions like mental hospitals to less restrictive institutions like the halfway home did not necessarily improve the lives of women living with serious mental illness. Women share several gender-specific barriers to leaving the halfway home. Furthermore, psychiatric institutions often mirrored patriarchal social relations by perpetuating illness and gender related biases in the delivery of care.
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Humphries, Joan M. "The experience of formula feeding infants among women with mental health challenges." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2815.
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Women in the perinatal period who suffer from mental health challenge (and specifically mood disorders) have a number of special considerations to which they must attend. Issues around psychotropic medication, hormonal fluctuations and/or sleep hygiene, for example, may lead women to a decision to feed their infants with formula. In this hermeneutic study, the experiences of six women are studied. The women are registered with Perinatal Mental Health Program at Vancouver Island Health Authority, and are feeding their infants with formula. Evidence- based-practice guidelines are explored in the context of mental health challenge. A dilemma has been exposed around the perceived need expressed by participants for ‘permission’ to discontinue or not initiate breastfeeding. The potential for further understanding looms with regard to the relationship between breastfeeding challenge and the onset of a mood disorder, including the speculation that breastfeeding difficulties may belong on the list of risk factors for post partum depression.
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McKetta, Elisabeth Sharp. "Asymptotic autobiography : fairy tales as narrative map in the writing of Zelda Fitzgerald." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-08-263.
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When a writer, usually a woman, uses fairy tales as a veil through which to narrate a story of her life, I call this practice asymptotic autobiography. In mathematics, the asymptote is a straight line that a curve approaches increasingly closely, but never actually touches. I define “asymptotic autobiography” as a term for discussing any personal narrative that deliberately employs fiction in order to tell truth. In this inquiry, I examine the use of fairy tale language in giving voice to women writers’ autobiographical representations, using Zelda Fitzgerald’s novel and letters as the focus for my analysis. My research and critical analysis will examine how Save Me the Waltz, which Zelda Fitzgerald wrote while she was a psychiatric patient in the Phipps Clinic, uses fairy tales to provide a mapping of the many performances that autobiographical selfhood entails. By experimenting with open-ended fairy tale conventions instead of being limited by clinical truths, and by contextualizing her personal history in the realm of the imaginary, Fitzgerald removes her story from the psychiatric ward and places it safely in legend.
The first three chapters of this dissertation show how, in sequence, the autobiographical self becomes free through the use of fairy tales in three stages: once the autobiographer has worked to separate herself from being bound by illness or clinical reality (Chapter One), she is free to make the decision of which self or selves she wishes to narrate and perform (Chapter Two); only once she has established her sense of self can the autobiographer then locate her plot, her map, and her narrative (Chapter Three). In Chapter Four, I offer an example of asymptotic autobiography in the form of a one-person play script that I wrote and performed about Zelda Fitzgerald’s life and hospitalization, using as a frame the fairy tale “The Swan Maiden.” This hybrid essay-performance combines the play script itself with personal writing of my own in which I describe the difficulties I had approaching and performing the rich material of Zelda’s life.text
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Rojas, Erica G. "Gender Bias and Clinical Judgment: Examining the Influence of Attitudes Toward Women on Clinician Perceptions of Dangerousness." Thesis, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8WQ043B.
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Mental health professionals are continually asked to determine whether an individual is safe to reside in society without restraint. However, early research on the ability of mental health professionals to assess dangerousness has produced discouraging results. A clinician’s ability to process and recall clinical material may significantly be influenced by patient characteristics. Clinicians are not immune to gender biases, and research assessing such differences between male and female clinicians -- including how their attitudes toward women influence their clinical judgment-- have yielded mixed results. This dissertation will assess the impact of clinician attitudinal factors, specifically gender biases, on perceptions of dangerousness. Furthermore, this dissertation will also examine themes that emerge regarding gender bias, racial bias, and attitudes toward women within the assessment of dangerousness.
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Northfield, Sally. "Canvassing the emotions : women, creativity and mental health in context." Thesis, 2014. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/29985/.
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Canvassing the emotions examines the role and meaning of artmaking in the lives of women who have experienced mental ill-health and/or psychological trauma in Australia between the 1950s and the present. Hovering at the nexus of a number of contested domains, the thesis bypasses the perennial question of what is art to explore the neglected and perhaps more interesting query – what does art do for the artmaker? – and associated questions of why does art matter; what is the function of artmaking in relation to wellbeing; and what are the implications of a thwarted life of making?
The thesis presents the findings of three studies: The Exhibition – a touring exhibition of art produced by women with an experience of mental ill-health; The Interviews – with thirty-two women who make art and who have experienced mental ill-health; and The Collage – a collation of women’s accounts of – what does art do?
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Brooks, Margaret J. P. "Beyond the divide: women's experiences in rural Victorian psychiatric rehabilitation services." Thesis, 2003. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/18145/.
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The objective of this study was to give voice to women experiencing
psychiatric rehabilitation services in rural Victoria. A critical analysis of the
literature revealed a landscape of marginalisation and alienation for women
experiencing a mental illness in a rural area. This study used a
phenomenological method to explore the meanings of women's experiences.
The understanding of meaning was developed through a dual perspective
with women experiencing rural psychiatric rehabilitation and workers who
delivered these services. The research centred on the voices of the women but
encouraged a personal and collective reflective approach with workers.
As the researcher I also took a reflexive approach which highlighted the
methodology as an evolving and ongoing process and demonstrated the
integral nature of the researcher in the research process. A chapter on locating
the researcher was included as part this reflective process.
The analysis of the collective stories produced a rich diversity of material was drawn together thematically to include:
• Reflections of struggle;
• Long way from anywhere:
• The rural dimension;
• Construction of a caring relationship, and,
• Interlinking care.
Through this thesis I argue that women are marginalised and alienated by social cultural conditions of their lives which impacts on their mental illness
and rural experiences. However, women are not a homogenous group and a
diversity of experiences exists which demonstrates women's active capacity to
mediate their environment. As active participants in their psychiatric
rehabilitation care the women were able to shift their identity from one of
powerlessness and lack of control towards regaining control and managing
their illness and environment. The thesis is a story of transformation as the
women progressively moved forward in their journey.