Silencing the Self Across Cultures

Foreword: Silence No More Judith Worell Section I: Setting the Stage: Social, Biomedical, and Ethical Issues in Understanding Women's Depression Chapter 1: Introduction: Culture, Self-Silencing, and Depression: A Contextual-Relational Perspective Dana Crowley Jack and Alisha Ali Chapter 2: The Social Causes of Women's Depression: A Question of Rights Violated? Jill Astbury Chapter 3: Drugs Don't Talk: Do Medication and Biological Psychiatry Contribute to Silencing the Self? Richard A. Gordon Chapter 4: The Itinerant Researcher: Ethical and Methodological Issues in Conducting Cross-Cultural Mental Health Research Joseph E. Trimble, María R. Scharrón-del Río, and Guillermo Bernal Section II: Self-Silencing and Depression across Cultures Introduction to Section II: On the Critical Importance of Relationships for Women's Well-Being Judith Jordan Chapter 5: Women's Self-Silencing and Depression in the Socio-Cultural Context of Germany Tanja Zoellner and Susanne Hedlund Chapter 6: Gender as Culture: The Meanings of Self-Silencing in Women and Men Linda Smolak Chapter 7: 'I Don't Express My Feelings to Anyone': How Self-Silencing Relates to Depression and Gender in Nepal Dana Jack, Bindu Pokharel, and Usha Subba Chapter 8: Silencing the Self across Generations and Gender in Finland Airi Hautamäki Chapter 9: The Meaning of Self-Silencing in Polish Women Krystyna Drat-Ruszczak Chapter 10: Exploring the Immigrant Experience through Self-Silencing Theory and the Full Frame Approach: The Case of Caribbean Immigrant Women in Canada and the U.S. Alisha Ali Chapter 11: Deconstructing Gendered Discourses of Love, Power, and Violence in Intimate Relationships: Portuguese Women's Experiences Sofia Neves and Conceição Nogueira Chapter 12: Authentic Self-Expression: Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture Anjoo Sikka, Linda (Gratch) Vaden-Goad, and Lisa K. Waldner Chapter 13: Silencing the Self and Personality Vulnerabilities Associated with Depression Avi Besser, Gordon L. Flett, and Paul L. Hewitt Chapter 14: Sociopolitical, Gender, and Cultural Factors in the Conceptualization and Treatment of Depression among Haitian Women Guerda Nicolas, Bridget Hirsch, and Clelia Beltrame Section III: The Health Effects of Self-Silencing Introduction to Section III: Empowering Depressed Women: The Importance of a Feminist Lens Laura S. Brown Chapter 15: Supporting Voice in Women Living with HIV/AIDS Rosanna F. DeMarco Chapter 16: Facilitating Women's Development through the Illness of Cancer: Depression, Self-Silencing, and Self-Care Mary Sormanti Chapter 17: Eating Disorders and Self-Silencing: A Function-Focused Approach to Treatment Josie Geller, Sujatha Srikameswaran, and Stephanie Cassin Chapter 18: Self-Silencing and the Risk of Heart Disease and Death in Women: The Framingham Offspring Study Elaine D. Eaker and Margaret Kelly-Hayes Chapter 19: Silencing the Heart: Women in Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease Maria I. Medved Chapter 20: Disruption of the Silenced Self: The Case of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome Jane M. Ussher and Janette Perz Chapter 21: 'I Wasn't being True to Myself': Women's Narratives of Postpartum Depression Natasha S. Mauthner Chapter 22: Seeking Safety with Undesirable Outcomes: Women's Self-Silencing in Abusive Intimate Relationships and Implications for Healthcare Stephanie J. Woods COMMENTARY Janet M. Stoppard Appendix A: The Silencing the Self Scale