Women's Mental Health A Comprehensive Textbook

by Kornstein, Susan G.; Clayton, Anita H.

• ISBN13: 9781593851446
• ISBN10: 1593851448
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-15
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This comprehensive reference and text synthesizes a vast body of clinically useful knowledge about women's mental health and health care. Coverage includes women's psychobiology across the life span--sex differences in neurobiology and psychopharmacology and psychiatric aspects of the reproductive cycle--as well as gender-related issues in assessment and treatment of frequently encountered psychiatric disorders. Current findings are presented on sex differences in epidemiology, risk factors, presenting symptoms, treatment options and outcomes, and more. Also addressed are mental health consultation to other medical specialties, developmental and sociocultural considerations in service delivery, and research methodology and health policy concerns.

Author Biography

Susan G. Kornstein, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical College of Virginia campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where she serves as Chair of the Division of Ambulatory Care Psychiatry. She is also the Executive Director of the VCU Mood Disorders Institute, Executive Director of the VCU Institute for Women's Health, and Director of Psychiatric Services for MCV Women's HealthCare. Dr. Kornstein has written or cowritten more than 100 articles, chapters, and abstracts, and has been a principal investigator on over 30 research studies in the areas of depression, anxiety disorders, and premenstrual syndrome. She is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the American College of Psychiatrists.

Anita H. Clayton, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System in Charlottesville, Virginia, and serves as the Medical Director of the UVA Center for Psychiatric Clinical Research. She has published numerous journal articles and abstracts, as well as a coauthored book on relationships and depression, and has served as principal investigator on many research grants. Dr. Clayton's clinical and research interests include mood and anxiety disorders associated with reproductive life events in women, and sexual dysfunction related to illness and medication use. She is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Table of Contents

PART I. WOMEN'S PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE LIFE CYCLE
Sex Differences in Neuroendocrine and Neurotransmitter Systems	3	(28)
Elizabeth A. Young
Ania Korszun
Margaret Altemus
Sex Differences in Psychopharmacology	31	(17)
Olga Brawman-Mintzer
Psychiatric Aspects of the Menstrual Cycle	48	(22)
Meir Steiner
Leslie Born
Psychiatric Aspects of Pregnancy	70	(21)
Ruta Nonacs
Adele C. Viguera
Lee S. Cohen
Psychiatric Aspects of the Postpartum Period	91	(23)
Angela F. Arnold
Claudia Baugh
Angela Fisher
Jessica Brown
Zachary N. Stowe
Psychiatric Aspects of Hormonal Contraception	114	(18)
Julia K. Warnock
Christine F. Blake
Psychiatric Aspects of Menopause: Depression	132	(15)
Ineke Ayubi-Moak
Barbara L. Parry
PART II. ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN WOMEN
Depression	147	(19)
Susan G. Kornstein
Barbara A. Wojcik
Bipolar Disorder	166	(16)
Marlene P. Freeman
Lesley M. Arnold
Susan L. McElroy
Schizophrenia	182	(13)
Jean S. Gearon
Jill A. Rachbeisel
Anxiety Disorders	195	(27)
Teresa A. Pigott
Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse	222	(22)
R. J. Canterbury
Eating Disorders	244	(19)
Pauline S. Powers
Sexual Dysfunction	263	(11)
Anita H. Clayton
Sleep Disorders	274	(21)
Rachel Manber
Ian M. Colrain
Kathryn A. Lee
Body Dysmorphic Disorder	295	(12)
Katharine A. Phillips
Somatoform Disorders	307	(16)
Ondria C. Gleason
William R. Yates
Personality Disorders	323	(21)
Paula L. Hensley
H. George Nurnberg
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	344	(15)
Daniel A. Monti
Marie Stoner
PART III. PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTATION IN WOMEN
Gynecology	359	(10)
Diana L. Dell
Oncology: Women with Breast, Gynecologic, or Lung Cancer	369	(21)
Emmie I. Chen
Elisabeth J. S. Kunkel
Rheumatological Diseases	390	(14)
Catherine A. Staropoli
Christine Skotzko
Endocrine Disorders	404	(18)
Jennifer S. Brasch
Glenda MacQueen
Russell Joffe
Cardiovascular Disease	422	(15)
Sherri Hansen
Gastrointestinal Disorders	437	(15)
Thomas N. Wise
Catherine C. Crone
HIV/AIDS	452	(15)
Sarah E. Herbert
Pamela Bachanas
Neurological Disorders of Increased Prevalence in Women: Migraine, Multiple Sclerosis, and Alzheimer's Disease	467	(14)
Howard L. Field
Reid Brackin
Cosmetic Surgery	481	(18)
David B. Sarwer
Michael J. Pertschuk
PART IV. SOCIOCULTURAL ISSUES FOR WOMEN
Developmental Perspectives on Gender	499	(16)
M. Beth Casey
Marriage and Family	515	(12)
Marcia Lasswell
Career and Workplace Issues	527	(15)
Diane K. Shrier
Trauma and Violence	542	(13)
Bethany Brand
Lesbian Women	555	(13)
Rochelle L. Klinger
Women of Color	568	(16)
Cheryl S. Al-Mateen
Frances M. Christian
Asha Mishra
Michele Cofield
Toni Tildon
Aging and Elderly Women	584	(13)
Suzanne Holroyd
PART V. RESEARCH AND HEALTH POLICY ISSUES
Women and Mental Health Research Methodology	597	(16)
Ruth B. Merkatz
Cathryn M. Clary
Wilma Harrison
Mental Health Policy and Women	613	(16)
Mary C. Blehar
Grayson Norquist
Index	629