A public health perspective of women's mental health /

A public health perspective of women's mental health / Bruce Lubotsky Levin, Marion Ann Becker, editors ; foreword by Rosalynn Carter.

Addresses pressing mental health challenges: effective treatment, efficient prevention, equal access, improved service delivery, and stronger public policy. Eminent clinicians, researchers, academicians, and advocates examine the effects of mental illness on women's lives and discuss the scope...

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Other Authors: Levin, Bruce Lubotsky., Becker, Marion A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2010]
Subjects:
Women > Mental health services.
Women > Mental health.
Mental health planning.
Women.
Gender identity.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Overview and epidemiology of mental disorders in women.
  • Public health and women's mental health / Marion Ann Becker, Bruce Lubotsky Levin and Ardis R.M. Hanson
  • Epidemiology of mental disorders in girls and female adolescents / Lynn A. Warner and Cynthia Bott
  • Mental conditions in adult women: epidemiology and impact / Mary Jane Alexander and Caitlin McMahon
  • Epidemiology of mental disorders in older women / Heather A. Kenna, Talayeh Ghezel and Natalie L. Rasgon
  • Physical illness and medical needs of women with mental disorders / Mary Jo Larson and Sarah McGraw
  • Part II: Selected disorders.
  • Depression and postpartum disorders / Heather A. Flynn
  • Eating disorders / Rita DeBate, Heather Blunt and Marion Ann Becker
  • Menopause / Tonita Wroolie and Megan Holcomb
  • Substance abuse / Kristen L. Barry and Frederic C. Blow
  • HIV/AIDS and mental disorders / Linda Rose Frank, Michael D. Knox and Annie M. Wagganer
  • Part III: Services delivery and emerging research.
  • Services in an era of managed care / Elizabeth Levy Merrick and Sharon Reif
  • Evidence-based medicine / Gina Perez, Lisa Dixon and Deanna L. Kelly
  • Mental health issues of incarcerated women / Bonita M. Veysey
  • Services in the workplace / Alicia G. Dugan abnd Vicki J. Magley
  • Organizational stress and trauma-informed services / Sandra L. Bloom
  • Services in rural areas / Pamela L. Mulder, Robert Jackson and Sarah Jarvis
  • Social and community contexts / Jane K. Burke-Miller
  • Racial and ethnic disparities / Yuri Jang, David A. Chiriboga and Marion Ann Becker
  • Parenting and recovery for mothers for mental disorders / Joanne Nicholson
  • Navigating the worlds of information / Ardis R.M. Hanson and Bruce Lubotsky Levin.

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