Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness (Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts)

Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness focuses on the question of madness as it is experienced by women within gendered socio-political contexts. Chapter themes include diverse topics such as: black and ethnic minority women's experiences of psychosis; psychosis in transwomen; sexual trauma and psychosis; the doctor-patient relationship; and women's experiences of mental health treatment and recovery. Chapters span the disciplines of psychoanalysis, sociology, feminism / women's studies, critical theory, and mad studies. As a companion volume to Women and Psychosis: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, the overarching goal of this book is to provide an exploration of the unique interaction between the social and the psyche as it relates to marginalized women's mental health. Contents 7 Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 11 Part I: INTERSECTIONALITY:WOMEN, PSYCHOSIS,AND MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES 17 1 Race, Gender, and Psychosis 19 2 Mourning and Melancholiain Transwomen 41 3 My Monster, My Self 65 Part II: WOMEN, PSYCHOSIS, AND THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP 75 4 Sabina Spielrein and Frau M 77 5 Lucia 103 6 I Call This Institutionalized Rape 127 7 The Locust of Words and the Locus of Saying 135 Part III: WOMEN, PSYCHOSIS, AND PATRIARCHAL OPPRESSION 153 8 The Scarlet Diagnosis 155 9 Being of Sound Mind 179 10 Faith 199 Conclusion 221 Index 227 About the Contributors 235 Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness focuses on the question of madness as it is experienced by women within gendered sociopolitical contexts. Contributors to this edited collection engage with a diverse range of topics, including black and ethnic minority women’s experiences of psychosis, psychosis in transwomen, sexual trauma and psychosis, the doctor–patient relationship, and women’s experiences of mental health treatment and recovery. Chapters span the disciplines of psychoanalysis, sociology, women’s studies, critical theory, and madness studies. Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness focuses on the gendered experience of madness within patriarchal power structures. Spanning disciplines like mad studies, psychoanalysis, sociology, and critical theory, this collection explores the interaction between the social and the psyche as it relates to marginalized women's mental health