Gender and Mental Health

Chapter 1 Understanding Gender and Mental Health

Chapter 2 Gender, Depression and Emotion: Arguing for a De-colonized Psychology

Chapter 3 Women with Mental Illness: A Psychosocial Perspective

Chapter 4 Gender Roles in Mental Health: A Stigmatized Perspective

Chapter 5 Understanding and Locating Mental Health in a Cross-Cultural Context: Indigenous Community Perspectives

Chapter 6 Mental Health Aspects of the ‘#MeToo Movement’: Challenges and Opportunities

Chapter 7 The Intersectionality of Gender, Disability and Mental Health

Chapter 8 Gender and Schizophrenia: Are Differences Biological or Social?

Chapter 9 Urban Women and Mental Health Concerns in India

Chapter 10 Female Criminality, Mental Health & the Law

Chapter 11 Psychosocial Rehabilitation—The Past, Current Approaches and Future Perspectives

Chapter 12 Homelessness and Women Living with Mental Health Issues: Lessons from the Banyan’s Experience in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Chapter 13 Tarasha’s Experience of Working with Women Living with Mental Illness: ‘Melee tar aamchi, Jagli tar tumchi’(‘if she dies she is ours, if she lives, she is yours’)

Chapter 14 Gender Differentials in the Presentation of Symptoms, Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners

Chapter 15 Gender and Community Mental Health: Experiences of Mehac Foundation—A Community-Based Mental Health Service in Kerala, South India

Chapter 16 Practising Strength-Based Approach with Women Survivors of Domestic Violence