Contemporary Topics in Women's Mental Health : Global perspectives in a changing Society

by Prabha S. Chandra (National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, India ); Helen Herrman (University of Melbourne, Australia); Jane E. Fisher (University of Melbourne, Australia ); Marianne Kastrup (Centre Transcultural Psychiatr

• ISBN13: 9780470746721
• ISBN10: 0470746726
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley

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.

Table of Contents

Psychotic disorders and bipolar affective disorder BPAD

Psychotic disorders in women

Schizophrenia

Bipolar disorder

Other psychoses

Special issues in women with severe mental illness

Depression and anxiety among women

Introduction

Epidemiology

Transcultural aspect of affective disturbances in Sub-Saharan Africa

Treatment effects

Sexual differences in depression and anxiety disorders: biological determinants

Sexual differences in depression and anxiety disorders: social factors

Mood and anxiety disorders across lifespan in women

Pregnancy

Motherhood

Conclusion

Somatisation and dissociation

Introduction

Somatisation - definitions and concept

Dissociation - definitions and concept

The diagnosis and classification of somatoform and dissociative disorders

The neurobiology of somatisation and dissociation

Psychological factors

Conversion disorder

Hypochondriasis

Dissociative disorders

Conclusions

Eating disorders

Introduction

Risk factors and pathogenesis

Distribution

Presentation, assessment, diagnosis and engagement

Treatment and management

Conclusion

Suicidality in women

Definitions

Epidemiology

Suicidality and mental disorders and risk

Suicide prevention

Alcohol and substance abuse

Introduction

Genetics of alcohol and drug abuse

Burden of the problem and patterns of drinking

Alcohol and drug abuse, risky sexual behaviour and HIV vulnerability

Stigma, women and alcohol and drug abuse

Health consequences

Social and economic consequences

Interventions

Challenges

Research

Recommendations

Conclusions

Psychiatric consequences of trauma in women

Introduction

What types of traumata are more common among women?

How do women respond to trauma?

What are the trauma related risk factors?

Which mental disorders are related to trauma?

Future directions

Voices of consumers - women with mental illness share their experiences

'Ni Tagibebu' - I will change my lifestyle

Determined to go against the odds

Brilliant madness - a narrative by a young woman from India who is recovering from mental illness

From illness to purpose and recovery

Conclusions

Mental aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period

Mental health and maternal mortality

Mental health and antenatal morbidity

Depression in pregnancy

Anxiety in pregnancy

Cultural preferences and mental health in pregnancy

Inflicted violence and mental health in pregnancy

Mental health and postpartum morbidity

Postpartum blues or mild transient mood disturbance

Postpartum psychotic illness

Postpartum depression

Psychosocial risk factors for postpartum depression

Infant factors and maternal mental health

Cultural specificity of postpartum mood disturbance

Maternal mental health, infant development and the mother-infant relationship

Prevention and treatment of maternal mental health problems

Summary

Psychological issues and reproductive health conditions: an interface

Introduction

Infertility: a psychosocial appraisal

The psychological implications of hysterectomy

Gynaecological infections

Conclusions

Menopause and women's mental health: the need for a multidimensional approach

Introduction

Social, cultural and contextual factors

Variations in symptoms and symptom patterns

The research evidence

Is menopause a time of increased risk for women's mental health?

The relationship between menopause and depression in midlife

The need for a life course perspective

Methodological difficulties

Therapeutic approaches in mid life

Conclusion

Ethics in psychiatric research among women

The scientific imperative to include women in psychiatric research

The ethical challenges of psychiatric research

Unique challenges of psychiatric research in women

Summary

Integrating mental health into women's health and primary healthcare: the case of Chile

Introduction

Integrating mental health into primary healthcare

Integrating mental health into women's health

Service settings for gender sensitive psychiatric care: children and adolescents

Gender sensitive care for adult women

Gender sensitive and informed mental healthcare: basic strategies

Principles of gender sensitive care

Characteristics of gender sensitive services

Psychopharmacology

History of psychopharmocology

Ethics

Sources and interpretation of data

Women in clinical trials

Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics in women

Psychotropic treatments in women

Treatment of postpartum disorders

Women and disasters

Wars and women's mental health

Natural disasters and women

Conclusion

Intimate partner violence interventions

Mental health consequences of intimate partner violence on women

Victim focused interventions

Interventions with batterers of violence

Other intervention approaches

Conclusion

Migration and mental health in women: mental health action plan as a tool to increase communication between clinicians and policy makers

Definitions: mental health and health

Introduction

Risk factors

Resilience and coping

The impact of domestic violence on immigrant women's mental health

Access to mental healthcare services

The ADAPT model (adaptation and development after persecution and trauma)

The case of Mrs Aba, her family and the community

Theory of change logic: mental health action planning

Work and women's mental health

Introduction: A late but growing awareness

The job burnout

A higher risk for burnout

Work and women's mental health issues

Management issues

Conclusion

Globalisation and women's mental health: cutting edge information

Concept and process of globalisation

Gendered effects of globalisation

The impact of globalisation and liberalisation on women's health

Education and empowerment in women

United Nation and World Banks approach to women's education

The global and local intersection of feminisation in Muslim societies

Other impacts of globalisation

Internet addiction

Mental health issues related to the use of Internet and mobile phones in the developing countries

Recommendations to counteract negative effects of globalisation

The impact of culture on women's mental health

Introduction

Definitions

Epidemiological perspectives

Cultural aspects of stress

Diagnostic considerations

Cultural and social practices and their impact on mental health

Therapeutic issues

Perspectives

Female mutilation

Definition

Introduction

Historical background

Classification

Epidemiology of FGM

Physical complication of FGM

Psychological complication

Posttraumatic stress disorder and memory problems after FGM

Obstacles facing changing harmful social convention: female genital mutilation/cutting

The basic concept for FGM elimination: (The mental map for FGM)

Recommendations in countries where FGM is commonly practiced

Women's mental health in the concept of broad global policies

Definitions of health and the right to health made by the United Nations

The Fourth World Conference on Women Platform for Action (1995)

Conventions

Other international tools

New aid environment: sector wide approaches and the poverty reduction strategy paper

Conclusion

Families of origin as agents determining women's mental health

The impact of the family of origins perspectives about females on the growth of women

Impact of parenthood on women's mental health

Families, social change and women's mental health

The unpaid workload: gender discrimination in conceptualization and its impact on women's mental health

Maternal desire

Disenfranchised grief and motherhood

Fantasies of motherhood

Fantasies about the workload

Workload of motherhood

Occupational fatigue as a determinant of maternal mood?

Recognition and valuing of work and occupational satisfaction

Training and education for mothering

Presumptions about the contributions of others to the workload

Collegial relationships

Honouring the work of mothers in practice and policy

Foundations of human development: maternal care in the early years

Child development and human culture

Interactions and relationships

Maternal mental health and children's development

Maternal care

Implications for mental healthcare

Increased choices for women

The adverse impact of psychological aggression, coercion and violence in the intimate partner relationship on women's mental health

Prevalence and nature of intimate partner violence

Impact of intimate partner violence on general health

Mental health problems among women affected by intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence, children and intergenerational patterns of abuse

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