title: [Outline of a sociological approach to the psychopathology of women].
abstract: It will only be possible to understand and explain the facts peculiar to the psychopathology of women if they are related to the specific characteristics of the positions occupied by women in various domains of society. Women's place therein is discriminated against or deemed inferior in several respects, whether in the family, the profession, the periods of education or social participation. Their image in society as well as certain cultural values and norms are evidence of and confirm this situation. It is clear that identical factors are behind the minor deviations in the form of limited maladjustment, the cases of more profound maladjustment and the psychopathological facts noted. The processes of adjustment of the latter as well as the psychiatric treatment vary greatly according to the social class to which the patient belongs. The specific traits of the psychopathology of woman incorporate and express at the same time her social status, her image and the characteristics defined and attributed to her by culture.
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000367:Age Factors; D004493:Education; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008393:Marriage; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009790:Occupations; D011599:Psychopathology; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D012951:Socialization; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D012961:Sociology; D014930:Women
vernacular_title: Esquisse d'une sociologie de la psychopathologie de la femme