Psychotic disorders and bipolar affective disorder -- Depression and anxiety among women -- Somatisation and dissociation -- Eating disorders -- Suicidality in women -- Alcohol and substance abuse -- Psychiatric consequences of trauma in women -- Voices of consumers - women with mental illness share their experiences -- Mental aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period -- Psychological issues and reproductive health conditions: an interface -- Menopause and women's mental health: the need for a multidimensional approach -- Ethics in psychiatric research among women -- Integrating mental health into women's health and primary healthcare: the case of Chile -- Gender sensitive psychiatric care for children and adolescents -- Gender sensitive care for adult women -- Psychopharmacology -- Women and disasters -- Intimate partner violence interventions -- Migration and mental health in women: mental health action plan as a tool to increase communication between clinicians and policy makers -- Work and women's mental health -- Globalisation and women's mental health: cutting edge information -- The impact of culture on women's mental health -- Female mutilation -- Women's mental health in the concept of broad global policies -- Families of origin as agents determining women's mental health -- The unpaid workload: gender discrimination in conceptualization and its impact on maternal wellbeing -- Foundations of human development: maternal care in the early years -- The adverse impact of psychological aggression, coercion and violence in the intimate partner relationship on women's mental health.
Summary:
"This book takes a distinctive global and multicultural approach to women's mental health. It summarizes recent advances in the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, reproductive health and psychopharmacology. It demonstrates that women's mental health and psychiatric disorders cannot be divorced from social, cultural and political realities. The book recognises the impact on women of rapid social change and stresses such as migration, war and violence, especially on women caring for children and families. Specific sections address reproductive health, the impact of changes and life challenges, service delivery and ethics, and social policies that affect women's mental health. There are important chapters exploring pregnancy and the postpartum period, the consequences of female genital mutilation, and migration and mental health. There is also a chapter capturing experiential stories of women with mental illness from different countries and contexts. Each section is introduced by a commentary from the Editors highlighting key issues. This is an invaluable resource for all those interested in women's mental health."--Publisher's description.
Series:
World Psychiatric Association evidence and experience in psychiatry series.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.