1 Psychotic disorders and bipolar affective disorder BPAD
R. Thara and R. Padmavati
1.1 Psychotic disorders in women
1.2 Schizophrenia
1.3 Bipolar disorder
1.4 Other psychoses
1.5 Special issues in women with severe mental illness
2 Depression and anxiety among women
Nadia Kadri and Khadiza Mchichi Alami
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Epidemiology
2.3 Transcultural aspect of affective disturbances in Sub-Saharan Africa
2.4 Treatment effects
2.5 Sexual differences in depression and anxiety disorders: biological determinants
2.6 Sexual differences in depression and anxiety disorders: social factors
2.7 Mood and anxiety disorders across lifespan in women
2.8 Pregnancy
2.9 Motherhood
2.10 Conclusion
3 Somatisation and dissociation
Santosh K. Chaturvedi and Ravi Philip
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Somatisation - definitions and concept
3.3 Dissociation - definitions and concept
3.4 The diagnosis and classification of somatoform and dissociative disorders
3.5 The neurobiology of somatisation and dissociation
3.6 Psychological factors
3.7 Conversion disorder
3.8 Hypochondriasis
3.9 Dissociative disorders
3.10 Conclusions
4 Eating disorders
Robert L. Palmer and Dr Sarvath Abbas
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Risk factors and pathogenesis
4.3 Distribution
4.4 Presentation, assessment, diagnosis and engagement
4.5 Treatment and management
4.6 Conclusion
5 Suicidality in women
Gergö Hadlaczky and Dannuta Wasserman
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Epidemiology
5.3 Suicidality and mental disorders and risk
5.4 Suicide prevention
6 Alcohol and substance abuse
Florence Baingana
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Genetics of alcohol and drug abuse
6.3 Burden of the problem and patterns of drinking
6.4 Alcohol and drug abuse, risky sexual behaviour and HIV vulnerability
6.5 Stigma, women and alcohol and drug abuse
6.6 Health consequences
6.7 Social and economic consequences
6.8 Interventions
6.9 Challenges
6.10 Research
6.11 Recommendations
6.12 Conclusions
7 Psychiatric consequences of trauma in women
Elie G. Karam, Mariana M. Salamoun and Salim El-Sabbagh
7.1 Introduction
7.2 What types of traumata are more common among women?
7.3 How do women respond to trauma?
7.4 What are the trauma related risk factors?
7.5 Which mental disorders are related to trauma?
7.6 Future directions
8 Voices of consumers - women with mental illness share their experiences
Shoba Raja
8.1 'Ni Tagibebu' - I will change my lifestyle
8.2 Determined to go against the odds
8.3 Brilliant madness - a narrative by a young woman from India who is recovering from mental illness
8.4 From illness to purpose and recovery
8.5 Conclusions
9 Mental aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period
Jane Fisher, Meena Cabral de Mello and Takashi Izutsu
9.1 Mental health and maternal mortality
9.2 Mental health and antenatal morbidity
9.3 Depression in pregnancy
9.4 Anxiety in pregnancy
9.5 Cultural preferences and mental health in pregnancy
9.6 Inflicted violence and mental health in pregnancy
9.7 Mental health and postpartum morbidity
9.8 Postpartum blues or mild transient mood disturbance
9.9 Postpartum psychotic illness
9.10 Postpartum depression
9.11 Psychosocial risk factors for postpartum depression
9.12 Infant factors and maternal mental health
9.13 Cultural specificity of postpartum mood disturbance
9.14 Maternal mental health, infant development and the mother-infant relationship
9.15 Prevention and treatment of maternal mental health problems
9.16 Summary
10 Psychological issues and reproductive health conditions: an interface
Veena A. Satyanarayana, Geetha Desai and Prabha S. Chandra
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Infertility: a psychosocial appraisal
10.3 The psychological implications of hysterectomy
10.4 Gynaecological infections
10.5 Conclusions
11 Menopause and women's mental health: the need for a multidimensional approach
Jill Astbury
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Social, cultural and contextual factors
11.3 Variations in symptoms and symptom patterns
11.4 The research evidence
11.5 Is menopause a time of increased risk for women's mental health?
11.6 The relationship between menopause and depression in midlife
11.7 The need for a life course perspective
11.8 Methodological difficulties
11.9 Therapeutic approaches in mid life
11.10 Conclusion
12 Ethics in psychiatric research among women
Laura Roberts and Kristen Prentice
12.1 The scientific imperative to include women in psychiatric research
12.2 The ethical challenges of psychiatric research
12.3 Unique challenges of psychiatric research in women
12.4 Summary
13 Integrating mental health into women's health and primary healthcare: the case of Chile
Graciela Rojas and Enrique Jadresic
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Integrating mental health into primary healthcare
13.3 Integrating mental health into women's health
14 Service settings for gender sensitive psychiatric care: children and adolescents
Corina Benjet
15 Gender sensitive care for adult women
Marta B. Rondon
15.1 Gender sensitive and informed mental healthcare: basic strategies
15.2 Principles of gender sensitive care
15.3 Characteristics of gender sensitive services
16 Psychopharmacology
Silvana Sarabia
16.1 History of psychopharmocology
16.2 Ethics
16.3 Sources and interpretation of data
16.4 Women in clinical trials
16.5 Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics in women
16.6 Psychotropic treatments in women
16.7 Treatment of postpartum disorders
17 Women and disasters
Unaiza Niaz
17.1 Wars and women's mental health
17.2 Natural disasters and women
17.3 Conclusion
18 Intimate partner violence interventions
Krishna Vaddiparti and Deepthi S. Varma
18.1 Mental health consequences of intimate partner violence on women
18.2 Victim focused interventions
18.3 Interventions with batterers of violence
18.4 Other intervention approaches
18.5 Conclusion
19 Migration and mental health in women: mental health action plan as a tool to increase communication between clinicians and policy makers
Solvig Ekblad
19.1 Definitions: mental health and health
19.2 Introduction
19.3 Risk factors
19.4 Resilience and coping
19.5 The impact of domestic violence on immigrant women's mental health
19.6 Access to mental healthcare services
19.7 The ADAPT model (adaptation and development after persecution and trauma)
19.8 The case of Mrs Aba, her family and the community
19.9 Theory of change logic: mental health action planning
20 Work and women's mental health
Saida Douki
20.1 Introduction: A late but growing awareness
20.2 The job burnout
20.3 A higher risk for burnout
20.4 Work and women's mental health issues
20.5 Management issues
20.6 Conclusion
21 Globalisation and women's mental health: cutting edge information
Unaiza Niaz
21.1 Concept and process of globalisation
21.2 Gendered effects of globalisation
21.3 The impact of globalisation and liberalisation on women's health
21.4 Education and empowerment in women
21.5 United Nation and World Banks approach to women's education
21.6 The global and local intersection of feminisation in Muslim societies
21.7 Other impacts of globalisation
21.8 Internet addiction
21.9 Mental health issues related to the use of Internet and mobile phones in the developing countries
21.10 Recommendations to counteract negative effects of globalisation
22 The impact of culture on women's mental health
Marianne Kastrup and Unaiza Niaz
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Definitions
22.3 Epidemiological perspectives
22.4 Cultural aspects of stress
22.5 Diagnostic considerations
22.6 Cultural and social practices and their impact on mental health
22.7 Therapeutic issues
22.8 Perspectives
23 Female mutilation
Almira Seif Eldin
23.1 Definition
23.2 Introduction
23.3 Historical background
23.4 Classification
23.5 Epidemiology of FGM
23.6 Physical complication of FGM
23.7 Psychological complication
23.8 Posttraumatic stress disorder and memory problems after FGM
23.9 Obstacles facing changing harmful social convention: female genital mutilation/cutting
23.10 The basic concept for FGM elimination: (The mental map for FGM)
23.11 Recommendations in countries where FGM is commonly practiced
24 Women's mental health in the concept of broad global policies
Takashi Izutsu
24.1 Definitions of health and the right to health made by the United Nations
24.2 The Fourth World Conference on Women Platform for Action (1995)
24.3 Conventions
24.4 Other international tools
24.5 New aid environment: sector wide approaches and the poverty reduction strategy paper
24.6 Conclusion
25 Families of origin as agents determining women's mental health
Wenhong Cheng
25.1 The impact of the family of origins perspectives about females on the growth of women
25.2 Impact of parenthood on women's mental health
25.3 Families, social change and women's mental health
26 The unpaid workload: gender discrimination in conceptualization and its impact on women's mental health
Jane Fisher
26.1 Maternal desire
26.2 Disenfranchised grief and motherhood
26.3 Fantasies of motherhood
26.4 Fantasies about the workload
26.5 Workload of motherhood
26.6 Occupational fatigue as a determinant of maternal mood?
26.7 Recognition and valuing of work and occupational satisfaction
26.8 Training and education for mothering
26.9 Presumptions about the contributions of others to the workload
26.10 Collegial relationships
26.11 Honouring the work of mothers in practice and policy
27 Foundations of human development: maternal care in the early years
Linda M. Richter and Tamsen Rochat
27.1 Child development and human culture
27.2 Interactions and relationships
27.3 Maternal mental health and children's development
27.4 Maternal care
27.5 Implications for mental healthcare
27.6 Increased choices for women
28 The adverse impact of psychological aggression, coercion and violence in the intimate partner relationship on women's mental health
Toshiko Kamo
28.1 Prevalence and nature of intimate partner violence
28.2 Impact of intimate partner violence on general health
28.3 Mental health problems among women affected by intimate partner violence
28.4 Intimate partner violence, children and intergenerational patterns of abuse
