The Woman Patient: Aggression, Adaptations, And Psychotherapy (women In Context) (volume 3)

This volume continues some of the issues raised in Volume 2 and fo­ cuses more closely on therapeutic intervention. The theoretical discus­ sion of aggression provides a background for the presentation of pat­ terns of aggression and violence affecting women, as well as possible connections between physical and emotional symptoms and indirect expressions of aggression. The section on aggression against and by women is an extension of some of the content of The Woman Patient, Volume 1 (e. g. , the chapter on rape). Theoretical and clinical views that are not often linked in this fashion are included here because we are interested in understanding the development of a self-concept that incorporates the constructive aspects of "aggression" as well as an un­ derstanding of violence. In this context, loss, abandonment, delin­ quency, and child and adolescent suicide are also extensions of these issues. The chapters that follow address aspects of symptom formation and concepts of illness. There is, as yet, no definitive explanation for why women experience certain illness patterns more or less than men. Current considerations have been reviewed, but these do not answer. They are a beginning on which we must build. It is apparent that any discussion of these subjects better elucidates the complexity if it in­ cludes an intermingling of general problems with concrete symptoms. Those specific problems that are usually thought of as psychological such as depression, and behaviors (such as substance abuse) provide a focus for understanding wider issues. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Social Change and Psychotherapeutic Implications....Pages 3-16 Aggression in Women: Conceptual Issues and Clinical Implications....Pages 17-28 Women and Violence....Pages 29-46 Wife Abuse: Culture as Destiny....Pages 47-64 Incest....Pages 65-82 The Adolescent Girl in a Group Home....Pages 83-94 Juvenile Delinquency in Girls....Pages 95-114 Childhood and Adolescent Suicidal Behavior with an Emphasis on Girls....Pages 115-130 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 The Organic-Functional Controversy....Pages 133-146 The Painful Woman: Complaints, Symptoms, and Illness....Pages 147-171 Emotional Reactions to the Miscarriage of a Consciously Desired Pregnancy....Pages 173-187 Depression in Women: Epidemiology, Explanations, and Impact on the Family....Pages 189-200 The Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome: An Unheeded Neuromuscular Disorder....Pages 201-216 Women and Alcohol Abuse....Pages 217-244 Front Matter....Pages 245-245 The Therapeutic Alliance in Psychoanalytic Treatment....Pages 247-262 Research on Gender and Psychotherapy....Pages 263-272 Special Issues for Women in Psychotherapy....Pages 273-286 Conflict and Psychological Development: Women in the Family....Pages 287-299 Back Matter....Pages 301-314