Gender and Its Effects on Psychopathology
American Psychiatric Association Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-88048-798-6 (ISBN)
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Starting in embryonic development, gender has profound influences on us. Endocrine receptors in the brain affect cognition, mood, and behavior differently in males and females, and gender roles inevitably affect our psychosocial experiences. It should be no surprise that men and women have differences in vulnerability for developing many forms of psychopathology, in expression of symptoms and in response to treatment.
Gender and Its Effect on Psychopathology examines the gender differences in psychopathology, including susceptibility to psychiatric disorders, the timing of their onset, their course, and their response to treatment. Dr. Ellen Frank and colleagues show how studying these differences helps clinicians in predicting patients' responses to treatment. This book reviews
• The types of depression to which women are prone, the hormonal basis of mood disorders in women, and the specific clinical phenomenology of reproduction-related depressions
• Findings on how gender difference in socialization affect the development and symptoms of psychiatric disorders
• Studies hormonal and pubertal changes that may explain the rise in rates for depression among females relative to males between ages 10 and 15 years
• Epidemiological findings on the prevalence of depression among women and discusses plausible explanations for these findings
• Gender differences in antisocial and borderline personality disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and substance dependence
A synopsis of current research on gender differences, Gender and Its Effects on Psychopathology provides practitioners with invaluable insight into understanding and treating patients with a variety of psychiatric disorders.
Ellen Frank, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.
Contributors
Introduction
Section I: Etiological Mechanisms
Chapter 1. Hormonal basis of mood disorders in women
Chapter 2. Gender and dimensions of the self: Implications for internalization and externalization behavior
Chapter 3. Gender-Specific Etiologies for Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorders?
Section II: Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 4. Gender Differences in Major Depression: Epidemiological Findings
Chapter 5. Pubertal Changes and Adolescent Challenges: Why Do Rates of Depression Rise Precipitously for Girls Between Ages 10 and 15 Years?
Chapter 6. Gender Differences in Response to Treatments of Depression
Chapter 7. Gender Differences in Major Depression: The Role of Anxiety
Chapter 8. Gender Differences in Anxiety Disorders: Clinical Implications
Section III: Schizophrenia
Chapter 9. Gender and Schizophrenia: An Overview
Chapter 10. Gender Differences in First-Episode Schizophrenia
Section IV: Substance Abuse and Dependence
Chapter 11. Gender Differences in the Epidemiology of Substance Dependence in the United States
Chapter 12. Gender Effects in Gene–Environment Interactions in Substance Abuse
Chapter 13. Gender differences in the effects of opiates and cocaine: implications for treatment
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2000 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Not illustrated |
| Verlagsort | VA |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 626 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie |
| Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pathologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-88048-798-4 / 0880487984 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-88048-798-6 / 9780880487986 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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