Preface / Dora Kohen -- 1. Introduction / Dora Kohen -- 2. A physiological perspective / Lucinda V. Scott -- 3. Gender and culture: a sociological perspective to mental health problems in women / Janet Holmshaw and Sheila Hillier -- 4. Psychological perspectives on women's vulnerability to mental illness / Catherine Haw -- 5. Depression in women / Eleni Palazidou -- 6. Women and schizophrenia / Gabriella Zolese -- 7. Perinatal psychiatry / Dora Kohen -- 8. Eating disorders / Ulrike Schmidt -- 9. Alcohol and drug misuse in women / Jane Marshall -- 10. Psychiatric services for women / Dora Kohen
