Introduction / Janet Stoppard and Linda McMullen
"Depressed" women's constructions of the deficient self / Linda M. McMullen
Depressed women's treatment experiences: exploring themes of medicalization and empowerment / Janet M. Stoppard and Deanna J. Gammell
The anger of hope and the anger of despair: how anger relates to women's depression / Dana Crowley Jack
"Imprisoned in my own prison": a relational understanding of Sonya's story of postpartum depression / Natasha S. Mauthner
Postpartum depression: women's accounts of loss and change / Paula Nicolson
Legacy of betrayal: a theory of demoralization from the perspective of women who have been depressed / Susan A. Hurst
"I just went on ... there was no feeling better, there was no feeling worse": rural women's experiences of living with and managing "depression" / Yvette Scattolon
"Your heart is never free": women in Wales and Ghana talking about distress / Vivienne Walters, Joyce Yaa Avotri, and Nickie Charles
Conclusion / Linda M. McMullen and Janet M. Stoppard.