Emblems or Caricatures? Discourses about Hysteria and Anorexia Nervosa

Statistics published in many different countries seem to point to the fact that women are much more likely than men ask for psychiatric/psychotherapeutic care. Although there is not a clearcut case for saying that more women suffer from psychiatric/ mental illnesses, it seems to be unquestionable th...

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Published in:	Identities Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 91 - 108
Main Author:	Csabai, Márta
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English German
Published:	Институтот за општествени и хуманистички науки – Скопје 2002 Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities - Skopje
Subjects:	anorexia Clinical psychology Gender Studies hysteria Psychoanalysis Structuralism and Post-Structuralism Anorexia nervosa hysteria, Freud femininity Female Desire female body
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Summary:	Statistics published in many different countries seem to point to the fact that women are much more likely than men ask for psychiatric/psychotherapeutic care. Although there is not a clearcut case for saying that more women suffer from psychiatric/ mental illnesses, it seems to be unquestionable that women dominate in particular disease categories: depression, eating disorders, anxiety and phobias . syndromes which were formerly covered by the label .hysteria. (Ussher, 1991).
ISSN:	1857-8616 1409-9268 1857-8616