Psychiatric Times January 20, 2025
Does the psychiatric approach to treating women need to change? How does feminist thought consider psychiatric treatment? Linda Gask, Msc, PhD, shares her thoughts in “Out of Her Mind”.
BOOK REVIEW
Out of Her Mind: How We Are Failing Women’s Mental Health and What Must Change
by Linda Gask, Msc, PhD; Cambridge University Press, 2024
312 pages • $25.95 (hardcover)
Reviewed by Awais Aftab, MD
Out of Her Mind by Linda Gask, Msc, PhD, a psychiatrist and a feminist, is a rich and perceptive exploration of 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...