For centuries so called 'difficult women' have been labelled as 'hysterical' and 'out of their
minds'. Today they wait longer for health diagnoses often being told it's 'all in their
heads'. Although healthcare systems are overburdened why are women the first to feel the
effects of this? Why is it so hard for women to find the kind of help they need? Why is no one
listening to them? And why have so many lost faith in mental healthcare? Drawing on the lived
experiences of women alongside expert commentators recent history current events and her
own personal and professional experience Dr Linda Gask explores women's mental healthcare
today. In doing so she confronts her role as a psychiatrist recalling experiences treating
women and as a woman who has received mental healthcare illustrating the dire need for more
change faster. Women can't all be out of their minds.
