Contemporary topics in women's mental health : global perspectives in a changing society /
Chandra, Prabha S.
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Women
Women
Mentally ill women.