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Domestic Violence and Psychology
A Critical Perspective
Series: Women and Psychology
This book rethinks the way psychological knowledge of domestic violence has typically been constructed. It puts forward a psychological perspective which is both critical of the traditional ‘woman blaming’ stance, as well as being at odds with the feminist position that men are wholly to blame...
Published June 16th 2010 by Routledge
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Post-Natal Depression
Psychology, Science and the Transition to Motherhood
Series: Women and Psychology
Post-Natal Depression challenges the expectation that it is normal to be a 'happy mother'. It provides a radical critique of the traditional medical and social science explanations of 'post natal depression' by supplying a systematic feminist psychological analysis of women's experiences following...
Published June 17th 1998 by Routledge
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Gender, Power and Organisation
Work organisations have become a major site of gender politics for professional women and men over the last twenty years. There are more senior women today, but increased opportunities have not been gained without psychological consequences. Rather than catalogue the barriers to women's success,...
Published July 17th 1996 by Routledge
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Gender Issues in Clinical Psychology
Clinical psychology has traditionally ignored gender issues. The result has been to the detriment of women both as service users and practitioners. The contributors to this book show how this has happened and explore the effects both on clients and clinicians. Focusing on different aspects of...
Published April 1st 1992 by Routledge