Women, Mental Health and Community Care: An Abusive Combination? (From Violence and Gender Relations: Theories and Interventions, P 81-97, 1996, Barbara Fawcett, Brid Featherstone, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-162754)

• NCJ Number: 162760
• Author(s): B Fawcett
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 17 pages
• Sale Source: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

Answering the question of whether the combination of mental health and community care represents an abusive one for women requires an understanding of general and specific features of community care and interrelationships operating in the fields of mental health and community care.

Abstract

Many writers regard community care as the interface between public and private domains. Women generally view community care as involving their private family capacities and their public capacities as professionals in health and social service organizations. In particular, organizational responses to gender and sexuality are critically important. The categorization of women is discussed in the context of public and private domains, and the author contends that such categorization plays a significant role in the fields of mental health and community care. The work of Foucault in conceptualizing power and social practices is reviewed. 54 references