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Page 1: Women and mental illness

Dr. Sarah Rainey

Page 2: Women and mental illness

Gender Gap

What is considered feminine is ALSO what is considered mentally ill

Gender expectations on women may cause mental illness

Page 3: Women and mental illness

Hysteria

“Wandering Womb”

Page 4: Women and mental illness

Hysteria, circa 1800s

Hysterical Paroxysms! Rest Cure

Page 5: Women and mental illness

Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan“the problem that

has no name”

Page 6: Women and mental illness

Final note…..