A nurse's guide to women's mental health / Michele R. Davidson.

ISBN:

9780826171146

9781306082969

Title:

A nurse's guide to women's mental health / Michele R. Davidson.

Author:

Davidson, Michele R.

Personal Author:

Davidson, Michele R.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 362 pages)

Contents:

Statistics on mental health in women -- Stressors affecting women -- Role of culture in mental illness -- Violence against women -- Childhood and adolescence -- Mental health for the aging woman -- Physical disabilities and mental health -- Lesbian and transgender women -- Female veterans -- Women and forensic mental health issues -- Menstrual-related issues -- Infertility and psychological implications -- Antepartum and intrapartum psychological issues -- Postpartum mood disorders and lactation issues -- Anxiety disorders -- Mood disorders -- Eating disorders -- Grief and loss -- Personality and dissociative disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Psychotic disorders -- Sexual dysfunction -- Sleep disorders -- Substance-abuse disorders.

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Women -- Mental health.

Psychiatric nursing.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

New York, NY :

Springer Pub. Co.,

[2012]

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Shelf Number	Material Type	Copy	Shelf Location	Status
616.890082 23	1:E-BOOK	1	1:ONLINE	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

2012 Third Place AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing!

"This is a great resource for any nurse working with women."-- Score: 94, 4 Stars. Doody's Medical Reviews

This is a quick-access clinical guide to the range of mental health issues and diagnoses that commonly affect women across the life span. It focuses on the unique biopsychosocial factors that make women especially vulnerable to psychological disorders and emphasizes key stressors specific to women that are precursors to mental illness. Frequent headings and bulleted, concise presentation of information facilitates reading.

In addition to discussing mental health issues specific to women, the guide covers unique populations such as disabled women, lesbian and transgendered women, female veterans, women with forensic health concerns, and women who have been the object of violence. Chapters also address childbearing issues, including menstruation-related problems, infertility and its psychological implications, and antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum psychological disorders. Developmental milestones, the impact of culture on mental illness, and global health issues are covered as well. Tables and charts present key facts in an easy-to-read format.

Key Features: Provides a concise, easy-to-use guide to womenís mental health issues across the life span for new and seasoned nurse practitioners Focuses on stressors unique to women as precursors of mental illness Delivers commonly occurring DSM-IV disorders in women, using a consistent format that includes etiology, assessment, and drug and behavioral therapeutic approaches Discusses preconception and childbearing issues, the impact of violence, female veterans, disabled women, lesbian women, and transgendered women