Containing Madness Gender and 'Psy' in Institutional Contexts /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kilty, Jennifer M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dej, Erin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Clinical psychology.; Forensic psychology.; Psychoanalysis.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Critical criminology.; Clinical Psychology.; Forensic Psychology.; Gender Studies.; Critical Criminology.

This collection explores the discursive production and treatment of mental distress as it is mediated by gender and race in different institutional contexts. Featuring analyses of the prison, the psychiatric hospital, immigration detention, and other locales, this book explores the multiple interloc...