Women's Mental Health

SECTION I: Introduction 1

A Relational-Cultural Theory of Human Development: The Power of Connection 3
Judith V. Jordan
Chapter 1 Commentary 13
Malkah Notman and Carol Nadelson Mary Kay O'Neil

Women, Culture, and Development 15
Lisa Francesca Andermann
Chapter 2 Commentary 32
Charmaine C. Williams

Women and Stress 35
Elaine Walker, Zainab Sabuwalla, Annie M. Bollini, Deborah J. Walder
Chapter 3 Commentary 48
Soraya Seedat and Debra Kaminer

SECTION II: Childhood 51

Depression and Anxiety in Girls 53
Katharina Manassis

Gender Identity Disorder in Girls 71
Susan J. Bradley and Kenneth J. Zucker

Developmental Pathways of ADHD 85
Florence Levy

Conduct Disorders in Girls 93
Ellen L. Lipman and David R. Offord

SECTION III: Adolescence 109

Eating Disorders and Body Image in Adolescence 111
Cynthia M. Bulik and Lauren Reba

Prodromal Phase of Psychosis in Adolescent Women 123
Jean Addington and Frauke T. K. Schultze-Lutter

Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence in Adolescent Girls 133
Sheila B. Blume, Monica L. Zilberman, Hermano Tavares

The Origins of Emotion Regulation: Clinical Presentation and Neurobiology 147
Ruth A. Lanius, Robyn L. Bluhm, and Clare Pain

SECTION IV: Adulthood 161

Gender Differences in Depression and Anxiety Disorders 163
Gail Erlick Robinson

Substance Use and Abuse in Women 179
Monica L. Zilberman and Sheila B. Blume

Psychotic Disorders in Women 191
Jayashri Kulkarni

Sexuality and Sexual Disorders in Women 205
Rosemary Basson

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 221
Debra Kaminer and Soraya Seedat

Living with Intellectual Disability 237
Elspeth A. Bradley, Yona Lunsky, and Marika Korossy

SECTION V: Reproduction 255

Menstrual Cycles and Mental Health 257
Judith H. Gold

Pregnancy and Mental Health 269
Anne Buist

Postpartum and Its Mental Health Problems 283
Sophie Grigoriadis

Menopause and Mental Health 297
Donna E. Stewart and Mona J. Khalid

Mothering and Depression 311
Sydney L. Hans

SECTION VI: Aging 321

The Psychosocial Challenge for Older Women 323
Anne Hassett

Aging and Cognition in Women 337
Chris Perkins

Vicissitudes and Disappointments: Loss and Illness in Late Life 351
Pamela Melding

SECTION VII: Health Services for Women 365

Mental Health Services for Women 367
Anne E. Rhodes

Women's Mental Health: From Hysteria to Human Rights 377
Jill A. Astbury

Mental Health Services for Women in Third World Countries and Immigrant Women 393
Nalini Pandalangat
Index 407