LEADER 02644nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9910305556403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-32130-X 010 $a9786610321308 010 $a0-585-45201-6 010 $a0-203-41866-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000052065 035 $a(EBL)180142 035 $a(OCoLC)568211649 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180142 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5300059 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000052065 100 $a19941201d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGendered moods $epsychotropics and society /$fElizabeth Ettore and Elianne Riska 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-08213-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [155]-168) and indexes. 327 $aCover; Gendered Moods; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: psychotropics and women-setting the scene; 2 New challenges: the medical and sociological discourses; 3 Social scientific perspectives: the 'users' and the 'providers'; 4 Making gender visible: seeing 'layers' in the social construction of psychotropic drug use; 5 Advertising as a representation of gendered moods; 6 Analysing long-term use: users' narratives; 7 Gendered moods and the lay culture; 8 Dependency and the health care system; Bibliography; Name index 327 $aSubject index 330 $aTranquillisers are prescribed to almost twice as many women as men, yet very little gender-based research has been carried out on the social context of their use. Gendered Moods offers the first feminist analysis of the gendered character of psychotropic drug use, based on studies of long-term psychotropic drug users and the content of drug advertising. The authors argue that gender differences in psychotropic drug use are manifestations of the gendered construction of society as a whole, and that, as a result, women are particularly susceptible to being channelled into a state of 606 $aPsychotropic drugs 606 $aWomen$xDrug use 615 0$aPsychotropic drugs. 615 0$aWomen$xDrug use. 676 $a615/.788 700 $aEttorre$b Elizabeth$f1948-$0865342 701 $aRiska$b Elianne$0877338 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910305556403321 996 $aGendered moods$94201357 997 $aUNINA