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Personality and Psychopathology Feminist Reappraisals

Edited By Laura Brown, Mary Ballou Copyright 1994

    Synthesizing decades of feminist thinking, this volume presents original critiques of mainstream theories of personality and psychopathology. Part I examines the limitations that underlie traditional views of human nature, including their lack of accounting for the contextual and structural forces that affect human development. Part II homes in on traditional views of mental health and disorder. Addressing several large categories of psychopathology--depression, schizophrenia, agoraphobia, personality disorders, and trauma--chapters provide a feminist alternative to prevailing conceptualizations. Questioning the very foundations of our ideas about maladaptive behavior, authors argue for building new models that define distress in a more complex, contextual manner. This book presents a pioneering feminist perspective on the theoretical and conceptual foundations of treatment. It is indispensable reading for therapists of all disciplines, and serves as a text for upper-level courses in personality, psychopathology, and the psychology of women.

    PART I FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON THEORIES OF PERSONALITY Introduction CHAPTER ONE The Limits of Phenomenology: A Feminist Critique of the Humanistic Personality Theories CHAPTER TWO Object Relations and Seif Psychology: Overview and Feminist Perspective CHAPTER THREE Beyond Archetypes: A Feminist Perspective on Jungian Theory CHAPTER FOUR A Feminist Critique of Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy CHAPTER FIVE Women's Diversity: Ethnicity, Race, Class, and Gender in Theories of Feminist Psychology PART II FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Introduction CHAPTER SIX Personality, Psychopathology, and Depressions in Women CHAPTER SEVEN Psychotic Disorders with Emphasis on Schizophrenia CHAPTER EIGHT The Agoraphobie Syndrome: From Anxiety Neurosis to Panic Disorder CHAPTER NINE A Feminist Critique of the Personality Disorders CHAPTER TEN Reconstructing the Impact of Trauma on Personality

    Biography

    Mary Ballou, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. Laura S. Brown, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, and private practice, Seattle, Washington.

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