Medical and Cultural Constructions of Female Mental Illness in Britain and the United States, 1948-1965
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This dissertation will explore changing conceptions of female depression and anxiety disorders in Britain and the United States to uncover the formative role of different health care systems in the development of psychiatric categories and their popular representation. In doing it will analyse the relationship between internal, national cultures and international cultures within the specific context of postwar gender and medical developments. This dissertation will explore changing conceptions of female depression and anxiety disorders in Britain and the United States to uncover the formative role of different health care systems in the development of psychiatric categories and their popular representation. In doing it will analyse the relationship between internal, national cultures and international cultures within the specific context of postwar gender and medical developments.
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