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Concise Guide to Women's Mental Health

Resource Type

Book

Description

"Women outnumber men as consumers of health care in the United States: they visit doctors more often, fill more prescriptions, undergo more surgeries, occupy more hospital beds, and spend more money on health care than men. Yet it wasn't until the past decade that active trials in gender-specific aspects of mental health began leading us to a better understanding of the psychiatric disorders to which women are vulnerable. Distilling the findings of this research into practical information about the assessment and management of psychiatric conditions specific to women, this Second Edition (updated from 1997) expands upon the biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors that influence women's mental health, with particular emphasis on reproductive points in the female life cycle?and the ways in which these factors are integral to gender-sensitive case formulations, diagnoses, and treatment planning."--(www.appi.org)

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

ISBN

1585620300

Authors

Vivien K. Burt M.D., Ph.D., Victoria C. Hendrick M.D.

Publication

2001 American Psychiatric Publishing

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