Mood disorders in women
By: edited by Meir Steiner, Kimberly A. Yonkers, Elias Eriksson.
Contributors: Steiner, Meir.; Yonkers, Kimberly A.; Eriksson, Elias.
Publisher: M. Dunitz; Distributed in the United States by Blackwell Science
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 573
Subjects: Women -- Mental health.; Affective disorders.; Women -- Psychology.; Mood Disorders.; Women -- psychology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Epidemiology of mood disorders in women; title: Ch. 2. Gender differences in the prevalence and correlates of mood disorders in the general population; title: Ch. 3. Evolutionary concepts of gender differences in depressive disorders; title: Ch. 4. Neuroanatomical sex differences; title: Ch. 5. The functional neurochemistry of mood disorders in women; title: Ch. 6. Grief and bereavement in women; title: Ch. 7. Gender differences in dysthymia; title: Ch. 8. Unipolar depression in women; title: Ch. 9. Bipolar illness; title: Ch. 10. Seasonal affective disorder; title: Ch. 11. Depression in the elderly; title: Ch. 12. Female sex steroids, the brain and behaviour; title: Ch. 13. Oestrogens, progestins and mood; title: Ch. 14. Behavioural effects of androgens in women; title: Ch. 15. Menarche and mood disorders in adolescence; title: Ch. 16. Premenstrual dysphoria and related conditions: symptoms, pathophysiology and treatment; title: Ch. 17. Psychopharmacological treatment of mood and anxiety disorders during preganancy; title: Ch. 18. Postpartum psychiatric disorders; title: Ch. 19. The use of psychiatric medications during breast-feeding; title: Ch. 20. Pregnancy loss; title: Ch. 21. Anxiety and depression in subfertility; title: Ch. 22. The perimenopause; title: Ch. 23. Personality disorders; title: Ch. 24. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa; title: Ch. 25. Obesity, weight gain and dieting; title: Ch. 26. Alcohol and drug abuse in women; title: Ch. 27. Pain: adding to the affective burden; title: Ch. 28. Psychoneuroimmunology: implications for mood disorders; title: Ch. 29. Sex differences in the psychopharmacological treatment of depression; title: Ch. 30. Psychosocial treatments for mood disorders in women; title: Ch. 31. Sociogeopolitical issues.