Women and the Ownership of PMS: The Structuring of a Psychiatric Disorder / Edition 1

by Anne Figert

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ISBN-13:	9780202305516
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	12/31/1996
Series:	Social Problems and Social Issues Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)

About the Author

Anne E. Figert is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola University, Chicago. Dr. Figert received her Ph.D. from Indiana University at Bloom­ington. She is the author of publications on the relationship of science and sociology as well as women and health.

Table of Contents

I: Setting the Stage; 1: Is PMS Real?: PMS as Scientific and Cultural Artifact; 2: Setting the Stage: The DSM and the American Psychiatric Association; 3: The Narrative: From PMS to PDD to LLPDD; II: The Three Domains of Conflict; 4: Accounting for the Controversy; 5: Inter- and Intraprofessional Boundary Disputes: The Health and Mental Health Domain; 6: Who Defines a Normal and Healthy Woman?: The Woman Domain; 7: The “Truth” about PMS and LLPDD: The Science Domain; III: Settling the Conflict; 8: Who Won? Implications and Conclusions; 9: Afterword: DSM-IV and the Controversy Revisited

Editorial Reviews

"Placing her texts in social, poltical, and professional contexts, [Figert] offers a nuanced analysis of multiple realities." Catherine Kohler Riessman, Contemporary Sociology

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