A Public Health Perspective of Women's Mental Health

A Public Health Perspective of Women’s Mental Health Edited by Bruce Lubotsky Levin and Marion Ann Becker As many as one-half of all women in the U.S. will experience some form of mental illness in their lives—an especially distressing fact when health care budgets are in flux, adding to existing disparities and unmet health needs. Written from a unique multidisciplinary framework, __A Public Health Perspective of Women’s Mental Health__ addresses today’s most pressing mental health challenges: effective treatment, efficient prevention, equal access, improved service delivery, and stronger public policy. Eminent clinicians, researchers, academicians, and advocates examine the effects of mental illness on women’s lives and discuss the scope of clinical and service delivery issues affecting women, focusing on these major areas: * Epidemiology of mental disorders in girls, female adolescents, adult women, and older women. * Selected disorders of particular concern to women, including depression and postpartum depression, eating disorders, menopause, chemical dependence, and HIV/AIDS. * Mental health needs of women in the workplace, rural areas, and prisons. * Racial and ethnic disparities and their impact on service delivery. * Parenting and recovery issues in mothers with mental illness. * Women’s mental health services in an era of evidence-based medicine. * Improving women’s health in today’s technological climate. __A Public Health Perspective of Women’s Mental Health__ is a resource of immediate importance to professionals and graduate students in the public health, health administration, health disparities, social work, behavioral health, and health services research fields, as well as nursing, community/health psychology and community/public psychiatry. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Public Health and Women's Mental Health....Pages 3-10 Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in Girls and Female Adolescents....Pages 11-35 Mental Conditions in Adult Women: Epidemiology and Impact....Pages 37-63 Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in Older Women....Pages 65-80 Physical Illness and Medical Needs of Women with Mental Disorders....Pages 81-105 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 Depression and Postpartum Disorders....Pages 109-120 Eating Disorders....Pages 121-141 Menopause....Pages 143-164 Substance Abuse....Pages 165-184 HIV/AIDS and Mental Disorders....Pages 185-198 Front Matter....Pages 199-199 Services in an Era of Managed Care....Pages 201-227 Evidence-Based Medicine....Pages 229-243 Mental Health Issues of Incarcerated Women....Pages 245-260 Services in the Workplace....Pages 261-294 Organizational Stress and Trauma-Informed Services....Pages 295-311 Services in Rural Areas....Pages 313-333 Social and Community Contexts....Pages 335-345 Racial and Ethnic Disparities....Pages 347-357 Parenting and Recovery for Mothers with Mental Disorders....Pages 359-372 Navigating the Worlds of Information....Pages 373-390 Back Matter....Pages 391-406 Addresses Pressing Mental Health Challenges: Effective Treatment, Efficient Prevention, Equal Access, Improved Service Delivery, And Stronger Public Policy. Eminent Clinicians, Researchers, Academicians, And Advocates Examine The Effects Of Mental Illness On Women's Lives And Discuss The Scope Of Clinical And Service Delivery Issues Affecting Women. From Publisher Description. Part 1. Overview & Epidemiology Of Mental Disorders In Women -- Part 2. Selected Disorders -- Part 3. Services Delivery & Emerging Research. Bruce Lubotsky Levin, Marion Ann Becker, Editors ; Foreword By Rosalynn Carter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective, this book addresses women's mental health challenges such as: effective treatment, efficient prevention, equal access, improved service delivery, and stronger public policy. It examines the effects of mental illness on women's lives and discusses the scope of clinical and service delivery issues affecting women