Linda Gask
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On 10 October 2024 (Women's Mental Health Day), Gask published ''Out of Her Mind: How We Are Failing Women's Mental Health and What Must Change'' on [[Cambridge University Press]].{{Cite book|title=Out of Her Mind: How We Are Failing Women's Mental Health and What Must Change|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/out-of-her-mind/99A6D1DC6C262E0517FD2881B5230ABF|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2024|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-1-009-38246-5|first=Linda|last=Gask}} The book explores the "social and systemic failures in addressing women’s mental health. Drawing on over 3 decades of clinical and academic experience, Gask weaves together personal anecdotes, historical critique, feminist scholarship, and real women’s stories to expose the biases and inequities in mental health care that continue to harm women."{{Cite web|title=Out of Her Mind: How We Are Failing Women’s Mental Health and What Must Change {{!}} Psychiatric Times|url=https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/out-of-her-mind-how-we-are-failing-women-s-mental-health-and-what-must-change|website=Psychiatric Times|date=2024-01-20|access-date=2025-12-01|language=en|first=Awais|last=Aftab}} The book aims to walk the complex line where "Women can be both depressed and oppressed; there is no contradiction or mutual exclusivity here." |
On 10 October 2024 (Women's Mental Health Day), Gask published ''Out of Her Mind: How We Are Failing Women's Mental Health and What Must Change'' on [[Cambridge University Press]].{{Cite book|title=Out of Her Mind: How We Are Failing Women's Mental Health and What Must Change|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/out-of-her-mind/99A6D1DC6C262E0517FD2881B5230ABF|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2024|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-1-009-38246-5|first=Linda|last=Gask}} The book explores the "social and systemic failures in addressing women’s mental health. Drawing on over 3 decades of clinical and academic experience, Gask weaves together personal anecdotes, historical critique, feminist scholarship, and real women’s stories to expose the biases and inequities in mental health care that continue to harm women."{{Cite web|title=Out of Her Mind: How We Are Failing Women’s Mental Health and What Must Change {{!}} Psychiatric Times|url=https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/out-of-her-mind-how-we-are-failing-women-s-mental-health-and-what-must-change|website=Psychiatric Times|date=2024-01-20|access-date=2025-12-01|language=en|first=Awais|last=Aftab}} The book aims to walk the complex line where "Women can be both depressed and oppressed; there is no contradiction or mutual exclusivity here." |
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Gask discusses women's mental health across a life-course, from [[adolescence]], [[premenstrual dysphoric disorder]], [[Eating disorder|eating disorders]] in teenage and adulthood, [[Postpartum period|postpartum]] suicide, mental health in the [[menopause]], to the impact of the burden of caregiving in older age. She also discusses the impact of social media on younger |
Gask discusses women's mental health across a life-course, from [[adolescence]], [[premenstrual dysphoric disorder]], [[Eating disorder|eating disorders]] in teenage and adulthood, [[Postpartum period|postpartum]] suicide, mental health in the [[menopause]], to the impact of the burden of caregiving in older age. She also discusses the impact of social media on younger women's mental health. Gask incorporates discussion of social dynamics, hormonal and physiological factors that she proposes all influence women's mental health. |
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