See for example "You're not ill, dear - you're just a woman"" in Best, 13/2/1996, pp52-3. This quoted US research which found that 67% of all tranquilliser prescriptions were issued to women, while women with heart disease were ten times more likely than men to have their symptoms dismissed as a psychiatric problem.

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