Gendered Moods: Psychotropics and Society

by Ettorre,Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780415082143
• ISBN10: 0415082145
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1995-09-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Tranquillizers are prescribed to twice as many women as men, yet little gender based research has been carried out on the social context of their use.Gendered Moodsoffers the first feminist analysis of the gendered character of psychotropic drug use, based on studies of long-term psychotropic drug users and including a study of drug advertising. The authors argue that gender differences in psychotropic drug use are manifestations of the gendered construction of society as a whole, and that as a result, women are particularly susceptible to being channelled into a state of dependency on prescribed drugs. Exploring current social scientific debates relating to drug users and providers,Gendered Moodsalso provides a critical review of previous research. It will be a much needed introduction to a neglected area of study.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
New Challenges	p. 17
Social Scientific Perspectives	p. 31
Making Gender Visible	p. 49
Advertising as a Representation of Gendered Moods	p. 65
Analysing Long-Term Use	p. 89
Gendered Moods and the Lay Culture	p. 111
Dependency and the Health Care System	p. 133
Bibliography	p. 155
Name Index	p. 169
Subject Index	p. 173
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