This article was prompted by the author's experiences as an occupational therapist in acute psychiatric units and an adolescent unit, and as a sociologist, feminist and mother of two young children. It is an interpretation of the high incidence of psychiatric disorder in women and discusses the critical role of occupational therapy in their treatment.
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