Women and mental disorders

For too long, studies lumped women's mental health with that of men, notwithstanding profound differences. This groundbreaking work decisively addresses that oversight as a team of expert scholars and therapists spotlights common female mental disorders, explores the causes, and explains availa...

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Otros Autores: Lundberg-Love, Paula K. (-), Nadal, Kevin L., Paludi, Michele Antoinette
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger 2012.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31061230*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • V.1. Understanding women's unique life experiences. 1. Is Feminism Good for Women?
  • 2. Femininity and Women's Psychological Well-Being
  • 3. A Review of Recent Research on Multiple Roles and Women's Mental Health
  • 4. Women with Disabilities: Mental Health Impact of Disabilities and Ableism
  • 5. The Role of Multiple Social Groups and Identities in Women's Mental Health
  • 6. The Feminization of Poverty: Implications for Mental Health Practice
  • 7. Reproduction and Mental Health
  • 8. Sophia's Dream: The Awakening of Women's Spirituality
  • 9. Women's Mental Health: Considering Multiple Dimensions of Social Identity and
  • v. 2. Roots in abuse, crime, and sexual victimization. 1. Stranger and Acquaintance Rape: Cultural Constructions, Reactions, and Victim Experiences
  • 2. Sexual Abuse of Girls and the Lasting Effects
  • 3. Women Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS: Experiences of Abuse, Victimization, and Discrimination
  • 4. Verbal Sexual Coercion in Young Adult Heterosexual Dating Relationships
  • 5. Intimate Partner Violence as Workplace Violence: Impact on Women's Mental Health and Work Performance
  • 6. The Effects of Sexism, Gender Microaggressions, and Other Forms of Discrimination on Women's Mental Health and Development
  • 7. Sexual Orientation Hate Crimes and the Experiences of LGBT Women
  • 8. Abuse in Adulthood
  • 9. Intimate Partner Violence during Adolescence
  • 10. A Feminist Identity Development Model for Filipina Americans: The Influences of Discrimination on Psychological Well-Being and Self-Esteem
  • Appendix: Organizations Dealing with Sexual Victimization and Discrimination of Women
  • v. 3. Women and common mental disorders. 1. Sociocultural Perspectives of Agoraphobia
  • 2. Eating Disorders: Diagnosis, Etiology, and Treatment
  • 3. Cognitive Disorders in Women
  • 4. In Plain Sight: The Public Secrets of Teenage Cutting
  • 5. Female Sexual Dysfunction: Diagnosis, Assessment, Treatment, and Cultural Considerations
  • 6. Diagnosing Gender Entitlement Disorder: Instructions for Activists in the Homophile Political Subculture7. Depression and Self-Silencing; 8. Women and Borderline Personality Disorder; 9. Women and Substance Abuse Disorders; 10. Behavioral Disorders in Girls: A Closer Look at the Epidemiology and Development of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder; 11. Women and Depression
  • v. 4. Treatments and research. 1. Treating the Sexually Abused Inner Girl
  • 2. Two roads diverge and yet both can be traveled: an integrated treatment of bulimia nervosa
  • 3. Diagnosis and treatment of women with personality disorders
  • 4. Histrionic personality disorder: diagnostic treatment considerations
  • 5. Cultural considerations for mental health treatment with women of color
  • 6. Considerations for treating depression in adolescent and college-enrolled females
  • 7. Internatinal perspectives on women's mental health
  • 8. International migration and mental health: experiences of Asian immigrant women
  • 9. Depression in Caribbean women
  • 10. Treating anxiety and depression in childbearing women
  • 11. Creating wiser psychologists: training to confront racism, sexism, and cultural miaunderstanding in clinical practice.