Women and Depression

A Case Study of the Influence of Feminism in Canadian Psychology

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ID12260307
AuthorsLinda M Mcmullen (0000-0002-7948-4778, University of Saskatchewan, corresponding author), Janet M Stoppard (University of New Brunswick, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume16
Issue3
Pages273-288
Publication date2006-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminism & Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-3535 • E-ISSN: 1461-7161
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0959353506067847
OpenAlexW2168932517
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited34

Evidence of the burden of depression for women worldwide and of the link between depression and the economic and social conditions of women’s lives provides a firm grounding for feminist-informed understandings of depression. We focus on the conjunction of women and depression as a site for assessing the influence of feminism in Canadian psychology. On the basis of our analysis of two ‘fact sheets’ - one on depression and one on postpartum depression - that appear on the website of the Canadian Psychological Association, we conclude that feminist-informed understandings of depression are almost completely absent in the accounts of depression presented to the public. We explore reasons for the resistance to such understandings through reference to psychology’s reliance on individualist conceptions and to the contemporary climate in which Canadian clinical psychology is located

Depression (economics · Discourse analysis · Discursive psychology · Feminism · Individualism · Political science · Postpartum depression · Pregnancy · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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