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I
am not an expert in any way--especially
as related to personality disorder--so
I'm not sure if my direction
is correct.
I wanted to make sure that you
were familiar with the work
of Judith Herman, Alice Miller,
Jeffrey Mason, Sandra Bloom---all
of whom have writen extensively
on the issue of child abuse
in all of it's forms. As you
may or may not know, abuse often
manifests itself in the form
of depression and personality
disorder later in life--and
all of their books touch on
this subject. This means both
abuse that is ignored or forgotten
and therefore dealt with in
this way--as well as abuse that
has been "dealt with." There
are also a few books by Charlotte
Kasl--who looks a little bit
at gender and how it relates
to depression. Phyllis Chesler
has also written numerous books
on this subject and articles--mostly
for
On The Issues magazine.
On the line of abuse, there
is also a special done for HBO
on the subject of MPD--this
was co-produced by Gloria Steinem.
At FEMINIST.COM itself,
you might want to read an article
at the site: Wing
of Madness: My Experience with
Depression by Deborah M.
Deren. According to Marianne
Schnall, the president of FEMINIST.COM:
"It's a great article, with
lots of insights and resources".
Good luck and let me know if
you have problems locating any
of the above and/or if this
wasn't at all want you wanted.
—Amy
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