Posts Tagged Mental
Women and Mental Health: New Directions for Change
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Here is an illuminating feminist appraisal of the problems of sex differences and sexist treatment of women’s mental health problems by state mental health agencies. In this provocative volume, prominent feminist scholars and practitioners provide insights into the problems of biased treatment of women and provide both factual evidence of that bias and effective, viable solutions for change. The editors are members of the Women’s Task Force of the Department of Ment… More >>
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Women’s Mental Health: A Clinical Guide for Primary Care Providers
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Written for advanced practice registered nurses, certified nurse midwives, physician assistants, and other primary care providers, this book is the first comprehensive reference on women’s mental health in primary care settings. The book provides all the information needed on psychosocial assessment, evaluation of mental health, and treatment of mental health problems. Coverage includes assessment and screening tools, comparison tables of psychotropic drugs, resourc… More >>
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Women’s Mental Health Issues Across The Criminal Justice System
- ISBN13: 9780132435352
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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The first of its kind, Women’s Mental Health Issues Across the Criminal Justice System is dedicated to giving the “most invisible” offenders in today’s criminal justice system–mentally ill adolescent girls and women–a face and a voice. The book is organized around the subsystems of the U.S. criminal justice system. Each section highlights mental health research and policy issues and focuses on the impediments to treatment and service delivery as well as the model … More >>
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Oxford Textbook of Women and Mental Health
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Gender and mental health is a growing field in psychiatry and in the last three to four decades, many different aspects of women’s mental health have bloomed. Researchers have gained a better understanding of the psychological, social, and cultural aspects of mental health problems in women, and it is possible to describe, classify, and circumscribe different diagnoses as they appear in the female gender. Epidemiological data has also shown an increased frequency in… More >>
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Contemporary Topics in Women’s Mental Health: Global perspectives in a changing society
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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, especial… More >>
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