{"product_id":"womens-encounters-with-the-mental-elayne-clift-9780789015457","title":"Women's Encounters with the Mental Health Establishment: Escaping the Yellow Wallpaper","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore women's first-person experiences with the mental health establishment!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique contemporary anthology of women's experiential writing shares women's realities, perceptions, and experiences (positive and negative) within the therapeutic environment. These artistic expressions of personal experience will help women understand their own encounters in a new light. They are also instructive and enlightening for any practitioner working with women in a mental health setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Perkins Gilman's famous short story (included here), The Yellow Wallpaper, which inspired this title, has come to represent the struggle of contemporary women to be understood by the therapeutic milieu from whom they seek psychological support and psychiatric treatment. An icon of feminist writing, the 1892 story symbolizes affirmation and validation for the female experience regarding mental health and therapy. This anthology, in the spirit of Gilman's work, gives voice to today's women so that their own encounters with the mental health establishment can be validating and affirming to others. It will also enlighten those in the helping professions as they extend their services to women in a time of growing need and shrinking resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to The Yellow Wallpaper and a foreword and afterword by noted psychiatric professionals, Women's Encouters with the Mental Health Establishment: Escaping the Yellow Wallpaper also contains works by authors including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSylvia Plath \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKate Millett \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnne Sexton \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLauren Slater \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMartha Manning \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eElayne Clift \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eand many more!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough prose and poetry, the contributors to this volume offer a creative, artistic, and highly readable contribution to the literatures of women's studies and psychology!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisit the author's website at http: \/\/www.sover.net\/ eclift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elayne Clift\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0789015455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780789015457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 6.20w x 0.87d","brand":"Elayne Clift","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112966533375,"sku":"9780789015457","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d67d2726-d4f3-4f03-a82b-99703cfbdfe4.jpg?v=1769612152","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/womens-encounters-with-the-mental-elayne-clift-9780789015457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}