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Feminist and Anti-Psychiatry Perspectives on Social Anxiety Disorder: The Socially Anxious Woman

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By (author): Katie Masters

This book conceptualises the diagnosis Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) in women as a rational response to life in postfeminist, neoliberal, twenty-first century Britain. By speaking to women with this diagnosis, and drawing on the authors lived experience, it investigates the interplay between womens social anxiety and Western culture. It argues that societal factors are implicated in womens mental distress to a far greater extent than dominant (especially psychiatric) narratives would holdnarratives which, premised on individual pathology, often present a biologically reductionist and medicalised account. Through deploying a unique blend of feminism and anti-psychiatry, this book critiques the framework which exists around diagnosing and treating SAD, but without dismissing distress. Inspired by feminist critiques of other gendered psychiatric diagnoses, such as Anorexia Nervosa, it conceptualises SAD in women as a culture-bound syndrome.

This book will interest students and scholars of gender studies and sociology.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
  • Publication Date: 18 Jul 2024
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Publication City/Country: Switzerland
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9783031487064

About Katie Masters

Katie Masters is a UK-based interdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in Sexuality and Gender Studies and a first-class BSc in Physics. She has held Teaching Fellow positions at the University of Birmingham and LSE.

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