Books in the Women and Psychology series

Child sexual abuse is a global problem that negatively affects many women and girls. This book draws on this revolutionary legacy, feminism and post-structuralism to critically examine perceptions of women, girls and child abuse in psychology, psychiatry and the mass media, and to re-evaluate mainstream and feminist approaches to this subject.

Humans are not born with a capacity to care, and this volume explores how this capacity is achieved through the experiences of primary care, gender development and later, parenting. It addresses the assumption that the capacity to care is innate. It provides a theorization of the nature of selfhood.

In this psychological study of women in heterosexual relationships, the author examines the social context of their experiences and emotional struggles. The text places case study material in the context of the power balance between women and men.

Employing Foucault's notion of panoptical power, Helen O'Grady explores the relationship women have with themselves and explores the link between debilitating practices of self-surveillance and the broader mechanisms of social control.

Offering an understanding of the female single identity, this book explores how women deal with this potentially stigmatized identity. It focuses highlights that the culturally available and familiar resources for understanding singleness are highly polarized.

Discusses women's experiences of living well after depression. This book examines how women negotiate and actively resist hegemonic discourses of femininity in their struggles to recover from depression and be well. It is suitable for students of psychology, sociology, women's studies, social work, counseling, and nursing.