Fallen from Grace: Women, Power and Knowledge

McKeown, Mick; Mercer, Dave

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-26104-8_13

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“…Psychiatric services, and forensic services in particular, have been criticized for their treatment of women and a lack of attention to important gender issues (Committee of Inquiry 1992, Potier 1993, Lloyd 1995, McKeown & Mercer 1998, Aiyegbusi 2002). Arguably, despite a wealth of theoretical analysis of women's mental health and associated services, including important contributions from feminist perspectives, these ideas have had relatively little impact at the level of front line care.…”

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Gender politics and secure services for women: reflections on a study of staff understandings of challenging behaviour

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Anderson

Bennett³

et al. 2003

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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This paper discusses the findings of a Q-methodological study that investigated the complexity of professional understandings of (attitudes towards) residents in a secure unit for women with learning disabilities and challenging behaviours. Particular attention is afforded to the critical debate regarding women in psychiatric and secure care, including the significant contribution made to this literature by feminist perspectives. A multi-professional group of staff (n=38)

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