How to beat the biases harming women's mental health
Briefly

Gask meticulously exposes biases in mental health, revealing how misconceptions about women's symptoms persist, undermining treatment and leading to severe consequences for their health.
Physicians and psychologists historically dismissed women's PTSD by attributing it to a desire to be seduced, a pattern that still endures, impacting women's mental health outcomes.
Gask highlights the societal pressures on young women and how traditional family roles impose expectations that adversely affect their mental health from a young age.
The voices of women who experienced discrimination shape Gask's argument, emphasizing the need to acknowledge their pain and address women's mental health disparities effectively.
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