Silencing the Self Across Cultures

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-539809-0
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 5684 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1004 g

This international volume offers new perspectives on social and psychological aspects of the complex dynamic of depression. The twenty-one contributors from thirteen countries - Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Haiti, India, Israel, Nepal, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Scotland, and the United States - represent contexts with very different histories, political and economic structures, and gender role disparities.

Authors rely on Silencing the Self theory, which details the negative psychological effects when individuals silence themselves in close relationships and the importance of the social context in precipitating depression. Specific patterns of thought about how to achieve closeness in relationships (self-silencing schema) are known to predict depression. This book breaks new ground by demonstrating that the linkage of depressive symptoms with self-silencing occurs across a range of cultures. We
offer a new view of gender differences in depression situated in the formation and consequences of self-silencing, including differing motivational aims, norms of masculinity and femininity, and the broader social context of gender inequality.

The book offers evidence regarding why women's depression is more wide-spread than men's and why the treatment of depression lies in understanding that a person's individual psychology is inextricably related to the social world and close relationships. Authors examine not only gender differences in depression but also related aspects of mental and physical illness, including treatments specific to women. Several chapters describe the transformative possibilities of community-driven movements
for disadvantaged women that support healing through a recovery of voice, and describe the need for systemic and structural changes to counter violations of human rights as a means of reducing women's risk of depression. Bringing the work of these researchers together in one collection furthers
international dialogue about critical social factors that affect the rising rates of depression around the globe.

Zielgruppe

This multidisciplinary, multinational volume will be of interest to a wide range of readers. It will be adopted in classes for upper division undergraduates and advanced students in such fields as psychology, psychiatry, women's health, international health, nursing, anthropology, cross-cultural psychology, social work, women's studies, sociology, gender studies, and race studies. In addition to academicians and clinicians, the intended audience also includes mental health experts and practitioners, researchers, policy planners, NGOs, and governmental mental health agencies. One section of the book presents clinical interventions; thus we are certain that clinicians will use the book as a reference to guide their clinical practice, including work with immigrant clients and groups. Finally, because the book is written in accessible, interesting language, we anticipate that a general audience interested in depression in women around the globe will buy the book.. We are certain that this volume will attract a significant international readership.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jack

Jack, Dana C.

Ali, Alisha

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie

Über Autor(innen)

Dana C. Jack, EdD, is Professor at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies/Western Washington. Her research examines women's depression and anger in the U. S. and internationally, and qualitative research methods. She was a Fulbright Scholar to Nepal in 2001, and is author of three books, including Silencing the Self: Women and Depression.

Alisha Ali, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. Her research examines social influences on women's depression, including the effects of emotional abuse, racism, and harassment. She is currently principal investigator on a series of studies examing economic empowerment for survivors of domestic violence.