Searching for models of fully functioning women

Article Abstract:

It is necessary to develop alternative definitions for women's psychological health that are not based on male biased psychology. Fifty-one feminist women responded to a questionnaire requesting a feminist-based definition of a fully functioning woman. The respondents generally related women's mental health to an ability to balance the needs of others with the needs of themselves through interpersonal interaction. The definition promoted self-directedness and autonomy but not through isolation from what should be mutually enriching relationships.

Research, Interpersonal relations, Feminist therapy

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Women's voices: a guide for listening to chemically dependent women

Article Abstract:

Treatment of chemically dependent women is usually based on male biased models which disempower women and contribute to the high treatment drop-out rate. However, a counseling model has been developed that takes women through a five step development process from disempowerment to empowerment. Chemically dependent women usually begin treatment in the first situation called the Silent Position where they are subservient and can develop through self-knowledge and awareness of self-control if given proper guidance.

Methods, Substance abuse, Substance abuse treatment, Drug abuse counseling

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Biopsychiatric attacks on women: an aberration or a predictable outcome of biopolitics?

Article Abstract:

Biopsychiatric treatment of women is posited as rooted in demonology as explained through a brief historical account of the medieval antecendents of biopsychiatry. Therapists are seen as using their moral ascendancy in treating women as helpless individuals merely because they are women. In questioning modern approaches to treatment, alternative methods are proposed, such as eliminating biopolitics, re-conceptualizing the nature of mental illness and enforcing responsible healthcare services for women.

Social aspects, Mental illness, Mental disorders, Biological psychiatry

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