This comprehensive update of the popular second edition of the authors' Concise Guide to Women's Mental Health provides the latest evidence-based medical and psychiatric facts related to the assessment and treatment of women with psychiatric disordersAparticularly as women pass through reproductive transitions or experience hormonal challengesAreviewing the ways in which these times are integral to gender-sensitive case formulations, diagnoses, and treatment planning. The Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health emphasizes evidence-based medicine and reflects the authors' expanding clinical experience. Key features include -Extensively revised chapters on the use of psychiatric medications during pregnancy and breast-feeding, abortion and contraception, and the use of hormones during menopause. -A meticulous review of the use of psychopharmacological agents to treat women at important reproductive transition points. -Numerous and thorough references and citations from the latest peer-reviewed journals. -More than 50 carefully annotated tables and chartsAespecially those on the use of psychiatric medications in pregnancy and breast-feeding. -Summary passages that enable readers to quickly gain access to important evidence-based data that will inform their practice. Asserting that a multidisciplinary, comprehensive approachAone that incorporates both psychotherapy and careful attention to social needsAis integral to successful treatment, the authors of Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health discuss the latest data on women's mental health, including premenstrual dysphoric disorder, hormonal contraception and effects on mood, mood/anxiety/psychotic disorders during pregnancy and postpartum, the effect of breast-feeding on the treatment of postpartum disorders, perimenopause and menopause, postmenopause, psychological implications of infertility, abortion and miscarriage, female-specific cancers, and gender issues in the treatment of mental illness. Easily accessed by clinicians at every level of medicine, psychiatry, obstetrics-gynecology, psychology, and social work, the Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health is best used as an ancillary text for students, interns, residents, and graduated clinicians and researchers in psychiatry, family medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine subspecialties, and obstetrics-gynecology. Finally, lay women with psychiatric conditions who wish to better understand how they can make wise decisions regarding their care and well-being as they face important issues such as pregnancy, breast-feeding, and hormone therapy will welcome this updated edition of the Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health.
Author(s): Vivien K., M.D., Ph.D. Burt, Victoria C., M.D. Hendrick
Series: Concise Guides
Edition: 1
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 222
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Gender Differences in Psychiatric Disorders......Page 16
Gender Differences in Psychopharmacology......Page 18
Laboratory Evaluation: Significant Considerations for Women......Page 19
The Psychiatric Assessment of Women......Page 20
References......Page 22
2 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder......Page 26
Evaluation......Page 29
Pharmacological Treatments......Page 32
Approach to Treatment......Page 38
References......Page 39
Hormonal Contraception......Page 42
Effects of Hormonal Contraception on Mood......Page 48
References......Page 49
4 Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy......Page 52
Prepregnancy Counseling......Page 53
Pregnancy Planning......Page 54
Nonpharmacological Interventions......Page 55
Pharmacological Interventions and Electroconvulsive Therapy......Page 57
Use of Psychiatric Medications During Pregnancy......Page 59
Electroconvulsive Therapy......Page 71
Depression......Page 72
Bipolar Disorder......Page 75
Schizophrenia......Page 77
Anxiety Disorders......Page 79
Tobacco......Page 80
Cocaine......Page 82
Opiates......Page 84
Treatment......Page 85
References......Page 86
Postpartum Blues......Page 94
Treatment......Page 95
Postpartum Depression......Page 96
Treatment......Page 97
Treatment......Page 100
Etiology of Postpartum Mood Disorders......Page 101
Postpartum Anxiety Disorders......Page 102
Breast-Feeding and Psychotropic Medications......Page 103
References......Page 111
Epidemiology......Page 116
Abortion Techniques, Mortality, and Morbidity......Page 117
Psychological Effects of Elective Abortion......Page 119
Abortion Counseling......Page 122
Perceptions of Pregnancy Loss......Page 125
Dynamic Aspects of Pregnancy Loss......Page 126
References......Page 128
Etiology......Page 130
Psychological Factors for the Woman......Page 131
Evaluation......Page 132
Treatment of Infertility......Page 134
Psychological Reactions to Infertility Treatment......Page 138
Treatment of Psychological Difficulties Related to Infertility......Page 139
When the Infertile Couple Succeeds in Achieving Pregnancy......Page 140
References......Page 141
Definitions and History......Page 142
Hormonal Changes......Page 143
Natural Menopause......Page 144
Surgical Menopause......Page 146
Surgical Menopause......Page 147
Risks and Benefits......Page 148
Testosterone and Other Androgens in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women......Page 152
Evaluation and Treatment of Depression......Page 154
Summary......Page 156
References......Page 157
Epidemiology......Page 162
Special Considerations in Treatment......Page 163
Depression......Page 166
Bipolar Disorder......Page 170
Seasonal Affective Disorder......Page 173
Epidemiology......Page 174
Special Considerations in Treatment......Page 175
Alcoholism......Page 177
Drug Abuse......Page 178
Screening and Treatment......Page 179
Epidemiology and Phenomenology......Page 181
Screening and Treatment......Page 182
Sleep Disorders in Women......Page 183
Sexual Assault......Page 184
Domestic Violence......Page 186
References......Page 189
Breast Cancer......Page 196
Gynecological Cancer......Page 198
Depression and Anxiety......Page 199
Interpersonal Issues......Page 201
Common Fears and Concerns......Page 202
References......Page 203
Contraception......Page 204
Pregnancy and Postpartum Disorders......Page 205
Cancer......Page 206
A......Page 208
C......Page 210
D......Page 211
E......Page 212
G......Page 213
H......Page 214
M......Page 215
N......Page 216
P......Page 217
R......Page 220
S......Page 221
T......Page 222
W......Page 223
Z......Page 224
