Written by leading authorities in psychiatry, this volume addresses a wide range of clinically relevant issues in the psychiatric evaluation and treatment of women. Coverage includes conditions unique to womenusuch as premenstrual dysphoric disorder, postpartum depression, and perimenopause-related depressionuand gender differences in the clinical presentation and treatment response of mood, anxiety, psychotic, and substance use disorders. Included is a discussion of behavioral inhibition in girls and how this can increase women's vulnerability to anxiety disorders. Other chapters focus on eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, borderline personality disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in girls, and depression and anxiety associated with in vitro fertilization
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The Influence of Gender on the Temperamental Category of Inhibited Children Early Adverse Experience and the Neurobiology of Borderline Personality Disorder: Gender Differences and Implications for Treatment Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Girls Eating Disorders: Sociocultural Dimensions in Their Pathogenesis and Phenomenology Gender Differences in Bipolar Mood Disorder and Implications for Treatment Women and Alcohol Use Disorders Body Dysmorphic Disorder Gender-Based Differences in the Treatment of Depression Recent Advances in the Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Depression and Anxiety in Couples Presenting for In Vitro Fertilization Practical Guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy Postpartum Mood Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment Considerations Perimenopause-Related Depression and Its Modulation by Estrogens: Clinical Implications Gender and Age of Onset in Schizophrenia INDEX
