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Psychopathology in Women : Incorporating Gender Perspective into Descriptive Psychopathology

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Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, editor. (Second edition) --Cham: Springer , c2019.
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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…
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Sáenz-Herrero, Margarita
Responsibility
Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, editor
Edition
Second edition
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 883 p.) : 19 illus., 13 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030151799
9783030151782 (Print ed.)
9783030151805 (Print ed.)
9783030151812 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Body Dysmorphic Disorders
Gender Identity
Mental Disorders - etiology
Personality Development
Psychosexual Development
Sex Factors
Women's Health
Specialty
Psychiatry
Women's Health
Abstract
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.
Contents
Part I. General Aspects -- 1. Women Mental Health All over the World: Sociopolitical Aspects of Gender Discrimination and Violence: Immigration and Transnational Motherhood -- 2. What Is Human Resilience and Why Does It Matter? -- 3. Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Impact on Mental Health -- 4. Sexual Violence: Effects on Women’s Identity and Mental Health -- 5. Traumatic Life Events and High Risk for the Development of Psychopathology -- Part II. Sex and Gender as a Multidimensional Concept -- 6. Improving Our Science in Research with Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis -- 7. Transgenderism and Mental Health from a Non-pathologizing Perspective 8. Gender and Psychological Differences: Gender and Subjectivity -- 9. Self-Identity and Gender Differences -- 10. Psychosexual Development, Intersex States, and Sexual Dysfunctions -- Part III. Gender and Psychopathology -- 11. Gender, Corporality, and Body Image -- 12. Body and Hysteria: Dissociated Body -- 13. Dysmorphophobia: From Neuroticism to Psychoticism -- 14. Eating Disorders -- 15. Desire and Submission -- 16. Life Instinct and Gender -- 17. Use, Misuse and Gender Differences -- 18. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (and Gender) in Psychosis But Were Afraid to Ask: A Narrative Review -- Part IV. Mental Health Disorders Related to Hormonal Aspects -- 19. Adolescent Depression -- 20. Premenstrual Experience, Premenstrual Syndrome, and Dysphoric Disorder -- 21. Abortion and Mental Health -- 22. Pregnancy Depression from a Gender Perspective -- 23. Perinatal Depression -- 24. Puerperal Psychosis -- 25. Psychological Symptoms and Treatment in the Menopause -- Part V. Gender in Psychiatric Disorders -- 26. Affective Disorders and Gender Differences -- 27. Anxiety Disorders -- 28. Gender Differences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- 29. Gender and First Psychotic Episodes in Adolescence -- 30. Schizophrenia and Gender -- 31. Gender Differences in Bipolar Disorder -- 32. Mixed Forms in Bipolar Disorder and Relation to Gender -- 33. Borderline Personality Spectrum -- 34. Somatoform and Factitious Disorders -- 35. Pathological Gambling: Clinical Gender Differences -- Part VI. Psychopathology, Art, and Gender -- 36. Art Therapy and Gender -- Part VII. Gender Bias in Research. How Does It affect to Mental Health? -- 37. Gender Bias in Research: How Does It Affect Mental Health?
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When Puberty is Precocious : Scientific and Clinical Aspects

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edited by Ora H. Pescovitz, Emily C. Walvoord. --Totowa: Humana Press , c2007.
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When Puberity is Precocious: Scientific and Clinical Aspects provides a unique continuum of expertise, looking at puberty from anthropologic, epidemiologic, clinical, and molecular perspectives. The volume addresses broad pubertal changes in the general population while at the same time providing in depth information about specific disorders of puberty and the latest management changes. The text is divided into seven parts. The first is an in-depth investigation into neuroendocrine control of p…
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Pescovitz, Ora H
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Walvoord, Emily C
Responsibility
edited by Ora H. Pescovitz, Emily C. Walvoord
Place of Publication
Totowa
Publisher
Humana Press
Date of Publication
c2007
Physical Description
1 online resource (468 p.)
Series Title
Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)
ISBN
9781597454995 [corrected]
Subjects (MeSH)
Puberty, Precocious - etiology
Puberty, Precocious - physiopathology
Psychosexual Development - physiology
Endocrine Disruptors - therapeutic use
Subjects (LCSH)
Endocrinology 
Pediatrics
Developmental biology
Abstract
When Puberity is Precocious: Scientific and Clinical Aspects provides a unique continuum of expertise, looking at puberty from anthropologic, epidemiologic, clinical, and molecular perspectives. The volume addresses broad pubertal changes in the general population while at the same time providing in depth information about specific disorders of puberty and the latest management changes. The text is divided into seven parts. The first is an in-depth investigation into neuroendocrine control of puberty, the second looks at secular trends and the onset of puberty, and the third provides an examination into isolated breast development. The fourth section covers adrenal abnormalities and puberty, the next two sections include chapters on gonadotropinÇÖs effects, and the final section is a looks at environmental effects on puberty. Comprehensive and timely, When Puberity is Precocious: Scientific and Clinical Aspects will become an essential reference for endocrinologists and internists with an interest in precocious puberty.
Contents
1. Control puberty in rodents : special focus on the female / Sabine Heger and Sergio R. Ojeda -- 2. Control of puberty in non-human primates / Tony M. Plant -- 3. Control of puberty in humans / Dennis M. Styne and Melvin M. Grumbach -- 4. Genetic regulation of the variation in pubertal timing / Craig A. Hodges and Mark R. Palmert -- 5. Puberty is starting earlier in the 21st century / Marcia E. Herman-Giddens -- 6. BMI and the onset of puberty / Paul Kaplowitz -- 7. Puberty timing remains unchanged / Peter A. Lee and Christopher P. Houk -- 8. Premature thelarche / Linda A. DiMeglio and Adda Grimberg -- 9. Gynecomastia : epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management / Samar N. Rahhal and John S. Fuqua -- 10. Premature adrenarche : harbingers and consequences / Alicia Belgorosky, Maria Sonia Baquedano, Gabriela Guercio and Marco A. Rivarola -- 11. Pubertal consequences of being born small for gestational age / Dyanne A. Wilson, Wayne S. Cutfield and Paul L. Hofman -- 12. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia / Lenore S. Levine, Sharon E. Oberfield and Lauren Antler -- 13. Polycystic ovary syndrome in the peripubertal period / Selma Feldman Witchel -- 14. Psychological and social problems in children with premature adrenarche and precocious puberty / Lorah D. Dorn -- 15. Etiology of gonadotropin-dependent precocious puberty / Erik A. Imel and Kathleen R. Bethin -- 16. Treatment of gonadotropin-dependent precocious puberty / Zeina M. Nabhan and Emily C. Walvoord -- 17. McCune-Albright syndrome : pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management / Tamara S. Hannon and Erica A. Eugster -- 18. Familial male-limited precocious puberty / Nerissa C. Kreher -- 19. Gonadal and adrenal tumors / Inessa M. Gelfand, MD and Nadine G. Haddad -- 20. The Role of Endocrine Disruptors in Pubertal Development / Todd D. Nebesio, MD and Ora H. Pescovitz -- 21. Precocious puberty in internationally adopted girls / Grete Teilmann, Anne-Simone Parent, Niels E. Skakkebtek and Jean-Pierre Bourguignon.
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