Title Mood disorders in women / Meir Steiner, Kimberley A. Yonkers, Elias Eriksson

Published London : Martin Dunitz ; Malden, MA : Distributed in the United States by Blackwell Science, 2000

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Description xvi, 573 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Contents Ch. 1. Epidemiology of mood disorders in women -- Ch. 2. Gender differences in the prevalence and correlates of mood disorders in the general population -- Ch. 3. Evolutionary concepts of gender differences in depressive disorders -- Ch. 4. Neuroanatomical sex differences -- Ch. 5. The functional neurochemistry of mood disorders in women -- Ch. 6. Grief and bereavement in women -- Ch. 7. Gender differences in dysthymia -- Ch. 8. Unipolar depression in women -- Ch. 9. Bipolar illness -- Ch. 10. Seasonal affective disorder -- Ch. 11. Depression in the elderly -- Ch. 12. Female sex steroids, the brain and behaviour -- Ch. 13. Oestrogens, progestins and mood -- Ch. 14. Behavioural effects of androgens in women -- Ch. 15. Menarche and mood disorders in adolescence -- Ch. 16. Premenstrual dysphoria and related conditions: symptoms, pathophysiology and treatment -- Ch. 17. Psychopharmacological treatment of mood and anxiety disorders during preganancy -- Ch. 18. Postpartum psychiatric disorders -- Ch. 19. The use of psychiatric medications during breast-feeding -- Ch. 20. Pregnancy loss -- Ch. 21. Anxiety and depression in subfertility -- Ch. 22. The perimenopause -- Ch. 23. Personality disorders -- Ch. 24. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa -- Ch. 25. Obesity, weight gain and dieting -- Ch. 26. Alcohol and drug abuse in women -- Ch. 27. Pain: adding to the affective burden -- Ch. 28. Psychoneuroimmunology: implications for mood disorders -- Ch. 29. Sex differences in the psychopharmacological treatment of depression -- Ch. 30. Psychosocial treatments for mood disorders in women -- Ch. 31. Sociogeopolitical issues Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Affective disorders. Depression in women. Women -- Mental health. Women -- Psychology. Mood Disorders. Women -- psychology. Author Eriksson, Elias. Steiner, Meir. Yonkers, Kimberley A LC no. 2004295412 ISBN 1853175455

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