Affilia Journal of Women and Social Work articles from March 1998

Affilia Journal of Women and Social Work archives from March 1998

Toward an alternative account of feminist practice ethics in mental health.
March 22, 1998... Feminism has provided a critical vantage point for examining ethical issues in a variety of disciplines and fields. This article explores a view of ethics, called feminist psychotherapy ethics, and discusses an alternative perspective that...

Multicultural perspectives on menopause and the climacteric.
March 22, 1998... Menopause - the cessation of menses, or the final menstrual period - is a single event lasting less than a week, whereas the climacteric spans a 30-year continuum between the ages of 35 and 65.... The decade of perimenopause at the center of...

Occupational status differences among three groups of married mothers.
March 22, 1998... Paid work outside of the home has become a central organizing framework for an increasing number of women and a distinguishing characteristic of all women (Moen, 1992; Spitze, 1991). Although the psychological benefits of paid work for women...

Gender and German unification. (labor market opportunities for German women)
March 22, 1998... In 1990, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) dissolved and was formally joined with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in a political, social, and monetary union thereafter called Germany (the areas of the two former republics are now...

Race, gender, and class: interlocking oppressions in the lives of South Asian women in Canada.
March 22, 1998... The number of persons in Canada with at least one ancestor who was neither French nor British has increased significantly since the 1970s, and this trend is expected to continue (Access and Equity Center, 1991; Samuel, 1992). The adoption of a...

Planning Community Mental Health Services for Women: A Multiprofessional Handbook.
March 22, 1998... The purposes of this book, which presents papers and discussions of a conference sponsored by the Institute of Psychiatry in London on providing community mental health services to women, are to examine, from a clinical perspective, mental...

Classism and Feminist Therapy: Counting Costs.
March 22, 1998... One of my colleagues, who grew up in a working-class family, attended a presentation by one of the country's foremost feminist therapists. I could not go, so I eagerly awaited her review. "She just doesn't get the class stuff," my colleague...

Healing Voices: Feminist Approaches to Therapy with Women.
March 22, 1998... This book contains 14 articles on various forms of feminist therapy with women who experience differing types of difficulties. The topics covered include working with women with body-image and compulsive-eating problems; adult children of...

Women and Group Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice.
March 22, 1998... Do women have particular needs that can best be met through group psychotherapy? Should the groups be just for women or men and women together? What about the gender of the therapists? These questions and many more are addressed in the 18...

Feminist Approaches to Bioethics: Theoretical Reflections and Practical Applications.
March 22, 1998... Tong sets an ambitious task for herself, and her book contains a wealth of information on ethical-bioethical theoretical systems as well as much topical information on bioethical issues related to procreation and reproduction. The book's chief...

Good Enough Mothering? Feminist Perspectives on Lone Motherhood.
March 22, 1998... This book focuses on the various aspects of women raising children alone. Although all 11 chapters were written by British scholars, and thus the underlying emphasis is on what lone motherhood means in Great Britain, the book also presents a...

Handbook for Treatment of Attachment-Trauma Problems in Children.
March 22, 1998... James writes of the critical infant-caregiver bond and the circumstances that support or inhibit healthy child development. She states that cross-cultural and multidisciplinary experiences influence my theoretical approach and clinical...

Soledad Women: Wives of Prisoners Speak Out.
March 22, 1998... Soledad Women is the product of in-depth interviews with 25 women, all wives or girlfriends of prisoners. It also incorporates the experiences and feelings of the author, a sociologist who was married to a prisoner, and therefore includes her...

My Turn: Women's Search for Self After the Children Leave.
March 22, 1998... The self-help literature has long been an important resource for social work practitioners. Used thoughtfully, some of these books give clients and their families information and support on a myriad of topics, from alcoholism to xenophobia....

Feminist Theories and Social Work: Approaches and Applications.
March 22, 1998... I have a confession to make: As the book review editor, two of my tasks are to find reviewers who are appropriate for the books I receive and send the books out to them. When this book came in, I took it myself, hoping it would live up to its...