Alison M Heru
Biographic Data
| ID | 4498148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison M Heru |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison M |
| FAMILY NAME | Heru |
| SIGNATURE | HERU A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8484-2309 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Double jeopardy
Western societies exact a tall order on women who choose to have children. Western norms include an unspoken critique of working women: Are you someone who prioritizes paid work over child caregiving, or do you prioritize child caregiving over work? This double objectification of women who are mothers is their double jeopardy. Although there are multiple jeopardies for those who are not of the dominant caste, for women, the greatest second jeopar…
The ‘secret’ source of ‘female hysteria’
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the unspoken fear of syphilis played a significant role in the development of beliefs about female sexuality. Many women were afraid of sexual relationships with men because they feared contracting syphilis, which was, at that time, untreatable. Women also feared passing this disease on to their children. Women’s sexual aversion, or repression, became a focus for Freud and his colleagues, whos…
Role Play in Medical Education to Address Student Mistreatment
Medical student mistreatment is a significant problem. After graduation, medical students report their perceptions of prior mistreatment on the Association of American Medical Colleges Medical School Graduation Questionnaire (GQ). In 2013 the percentage of students who reported having been “publicly embarrassed” was 47.2 percent, and 23.3 percent reported being “publicly humiliated” [1]
Working With Families in Medical Settings
Working With Families in Medical Settings provides mental-health professionals with the tools they need to figure out what patients and families want and how, within the constraints imposed by 21st-century healthcare setting, to best give them the care they need. Psychiatrists and other clinicians who work in medical settings know that working with a patient with a chronic illness usually entails work with that patient’s family as well as with ot…
Working with Families of Psychiatric Inpatients
Working with families of psychiatric inpatients
Pink-collar medicine
The Linkages Between Gender and Victimhood
Victimhood, it is argued, is a term that is preferentially applied to and adopted by women. Victimhood is not a psychiatric diagnosis although psychological factors, such as gender development and sociological factors influence the acquisition of the victim role. This article reviews the sociological and psychological contributions to the labeling of a person as "victim." Victimhood is relevant to psychiatry because psychiatric patients often des…
The Linkages Between Gender and Victimhood
Victimhood, it is argued, is a term that is preferentially applied to and adopted by women. Victimhood is not a psychiatric diagnosis although psychological factors, such as gender development and sociological factors influence the acquisition of the victim role. This article reviews the sociological and psychological contributions to the labeling of a person as "victim." Victimhood is relevant to psychiatry because psychiatric patients often des…
Pink-collar medicine
Working with Families of Psychiatric Inpatients
Working with families of psychiatric inpatients
Working With Families in Medical Settings
Working With Families in Medical Settings provides mental-health professionals with the tools they need to figure out what patients and families want and how, within the constraints imposed by 21st-century healthcare setting, to best give them the care they need. Psychiatrists and other clinicians who work in medical settings know that working with a patient with a chronic illness usually entails work with that patient’s family as well as with ot…
Role Play in Medical Education to Address Student Mistreatment
Medical student mistreatment is a significant problem. After graduation, medical students report their perceptions of prior mistreatment on the Association of American Medical Colleges Medical School Graduation Questionnaire (GQ). In 2013 the percentage of students who reported having been “publicly embarrassed” was 47.2 percent, and 23.3 percent reported being “publicly humiliated” [1]
The ‘secret’ source of ‘female hysteria’
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the unspoken fear of syphilis played a significant role in the development of beliefs about female sexuality. Many women were afraid of sexual relationships with men because they feared contracting syphilis, which was, at that time, untreatable. Women also feared passing this disease on to their children. Women’s sexual aversion, or repression, became a focus for Freud and his colleagues, whos…
Double jeopardy
Western societies exact a tall order on women who choose to have children. Western norms include an unspoken critique of working women: Are you someone who prioritizes paid work over child caregiving, or do you prioritize child caregiving over work? This double objectification of women who are mothers is their double jeopardy. Although there are multiple jeopardies for those who are not of the dominant caste, for women, the greatest second jeopar…
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Family (3 works) · General (3 works) · Psychiatric hospital care (3 works) · Psychiatric hospitals (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (2 works) · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (2 works)