Psychopathology in Women : Incorporating Gender Perspective Into Descriptive Psychopathology

This book examines sex and gender differences in the causes and expression of medical conditions, including mental health disorders. Sex differences are variations attributable to individual reproductive organs and the XX or XY chromosomal complement. Gender differences are variations that result from biological sex as well as individual self-representation which include psychological, behavioural, and social consequences of an individual’s perceived gender. Gender is still a neglected field in psychopathology, and gender differences is often incorrectly used as a synonym of sex differences. A reconsideration of the definition of gender, as the term that subsumes masculinity and femininity, could shed some light on this misperception and could have an effect in the study of health and disease. This second edition of Psychopathology clarifies the anthropological, cultural and social aspects of gender and their impact on mental health disorders. It focuses on gender perspective as a paradigm not only in psychopathology but also in mental health disorders. As such it promotes open mindedness in the definition and perception of symptoms, as well as assumptions about those symptoms, and raises awareness of mental health. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Women Mental Health All over the World: Sociopolitical Aspects of Gender Discrimination and Violence: Immigration and Transnational Motherhood (Magdalena Marino, Kristina Jausoro)....Pages 3-25 What Is Human Resilience and Why Does It Matter? (Paula Silva-Villanueva)....Pages 27-53 Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Impact on Mental Health (Andrés Felipe Correa Palacio, Elisa Delgado Fuente, Rocío Paricio del Castillo, Cristina Polo Usaola)....Pages 55-80 Sexual Violence: Effects on Women’s Identity and Mental Health (Adela San Vicente Cano, Marta Niño-Laina, Sandra Muñoz Sánchez, Cristina Polo-Usaola)....Pages 81-108 Traumatic Life Events and High Risk for the Development of Psychopathology (María Recio-Barbero, Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, Paloma Navarro, Inmaculada Hurtado)....Pages 109-135 Front Matter ....Pages 137-137 Improving Our Science in Research with Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis (Maria Haarmans)....Pages 139-168 Transgenderism and Mental Health from a Non-pathologizing Perspective (Marina De La Hermosa, Elvire Agossou)....Pages 169-187 Gender and Psychological Differences: Gender and Subjectivity (María Dolores Avia, Ma. Luisa Sánchez-Bernardos)....Pages 189-205 Self-Identity and Gender Differences (Miguel Angel González-Torres, Aranzazu Fernandez-Rivas)....Pages 207-223 Psychosexual Development, Intersex States, and Sexual Dysfunctions (Rafael Segarra-Echebarría, Clara Isern-Tena, Silvia Cañas-Jiménez, Gabriela González-Rodriguez)....Pages 225-261 Front Matter ....Pages 263-263 Gender, Corporality, and Body Image (Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, Janire Cabezas-Garduño, Cristina Díez-Alegría Galvez)....Pages 265-293 Body and Hysteria: Dissociated Body (Agueda Rojo-Pantoja)....Pages 295-313 Dysmorphophobia: From Neuroticism to Psychoticism (María Recio-Barbero, Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, Batirtze Artaraz-Ocerinjauregui, Leire Celaya-Viguera, Eider Zuaitz-Iztueta)....Pages 315-336 Eating Disorders (Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, Sara Fuertes-Soriano, Mayte López-Atanes)....Pages 337-376 Desire and Submission (Miguel Ángel González-Torres, Aranzazu Fernandez-Rivas)....Pages 377-389 Life Instinct and Gender (Olatz Napal-Fernandez)....Pages 391-431 Use, Misuse and Gender Differences (Carmen Meneses, Iñaki Markez)....Pages 433-452 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (and Gender) in Psychosis But Were Afraid to Ask: A Narrative Review (Maria Haarmans)....Pages 453-479 Front Matter ....Pages 481-481 Adolescent Depression (Sandra Gómez-Vallejo, Beatriz Paya-Gonzalez, Ernesto J. Verdura Vizcaino, Emma Noval-Aldaco)....Pages 483-494 Premenstrual Experience, Premenstrual Syndrome, and Dysphoric Disorder (Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, Aida Sanchez-Palacios, Miriam Santamaria, Irantzu Lago-Santos)....Pages 495-523 Abortion and Mental Health (Marta B. Rondon)....Pages 525-531 Pregnancy Depression from a Gender Perspective (Mayte Martinez-Cengotitabengoa, Maria Jose Diaz-Gutierrez, Araminta-Elizabeth Peters-Corbett, Monica Martínez-Cengotitabengoa)....Pages 533-553 Perinatal Depression (Carmen Martín-Requena, Saioa López-Zurbano, Iñaki Zorrilla-Martínez, Amaia Ugarte-Ugarte, Miryam Fernández-Hernandez)....Pages 555-579 Puerperal Psychosis (Jaime del Corral Serrano)....Pages 581-594 Psychological Symptoms and Treatment in the Menopause (Sara Barbeito, Patricia Vega, Sonia Ruiz de Azúa)....Pages 595-608 Front Matter ....Pages 609-609 Affective Disorders and Gender Differences (Patricia Pérez Martinez de Arrieta, Jon Gaviña Arenaza)....Pages 611-638 Anxiety Disorders (Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, Álvar Peña-Rotella, Ane Eizaguirre-Garcia, Karim Haidar)....Pages 639-669 Gender Differences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Ana Villamor-García, Estibaliz Sáez de Adana)....Pages 671-700 Gender and First Psychotic Episodes in Adolescence (Álvaro Andreu, Maria Juncal Ruiz, Ernesto José Verdura Vizcaino, Beatriz Payá-González)....Pages 701-713 Schizophrenia and Gender (Ana Isabel Cano-Baena, Laura García-Ayala, Marta Zubía-Martín, Iñaki Zorrilla-Martínez, Ana González-Pinto Arrillaga)....Pages 715-737 Gender Differences in Bipolar Disorder (Saioa López-Zurbano, Ana González-Pinto)....Pages 739-764 Mixed Forms in Bipolar Disorder and Relation to Gender (Ana González-Pinto, Maddi Laborde Zufiaurre, Beatriz González Hernández, Purificación López Peña, Ana Isabel Cano, Saioa López-Zurbano)....Pages 765-781 Borderline Personality Spectrum (Olatz Napal-Fernández)....Pages 783-811 Somatoform and Factitious Disorders (Julia García-Albea, Pedro García-Parajuá, Marta Navas-Tejedor)....Pages 813-824 Pathological Gambling: Clinical Gender Differences (Itxaso González-Ortega, Enrique Echeburúa, Paz de Corral, Rocío Polo-López)....Pages 825-838 Front Matter ....Pages 839-839 Art Therapy and Gender (Belén Sanz-Aránguez Ávila, María del Río Diéguez)....Pages 841-862 Front Matter ....Pages 863-863 Gender Bias in Research: How Does It Affect Mental Health? (Maria Recio-Barbero, Isidro Pérez-Fernandez)....Pages 865-883