Women’s Forensic Mental Health Care: The Need for Gender-Based Analysis

Authors

  • Jessica Evans Assistant Professor, Sociology Ryerson University 
  • Lucy Costa Deputy Executive Director, Empowerment Council

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v9i3.646

Abstract

This paper critically interrogates the increasingly popular framework of Gender-based Analysis (GBA) in Canada, as it relates to psychiatry more broadly, and forensic psychiatry more specifically. Through a critical feminist and Mad Studies analysis, we argue that if GBA is to be anything more than rhetoric, it is necessary to ground policies and practices in the knowledge generated by women and service-users themselves. We further point to Mad Studies as an important field for research and an opportunity to look deeper into the ‘margins within the margins.’

Author Biographies

Jessica Evans, Assistant Professor, Sociology Ryerson University 

PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology Ryerson University 

Lucy Costa, Deputy Executive Director, Empowerment Council

Deputy Executive Director, Empowerment Council

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Published

2020-09-26

How to Cite

Evans, J., & Costa, L. (2020). Women’s Forensic Mental Health Care: The Need for Gender-Based Analysis. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(3), 52–77. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v9i3.646

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Vol. 9 No. 3 (2020): Sites and Shapes of Transinstitutionalization

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