Main description:

The author proposes that the conditions, events, and experiences that contribute to serious mental health problems for a percentage of women, will at some point be experienced by all. Mental Health Issues presents two basic themes: that social contexts and frameworks are experienced and expressed, and then subconsciously internalized as part of the self; and that specific diagnostic conditions, such as depression, alcoholism, or eating disorders, can emerge from dynamics that are experienced by most women.

Contents:

Volume I: Mental Health IssuesContents: The Psychology of Gender: Mental Health Implications. Gender and Mental Health Status. Introduction to Psyhotropic Drugs. Psychotropic Drugs: Treatment Issues. Edidemiology of Alcoholism. Etiologoy and Treatment of Alcoholism Among Women. Overview of Eating Disorders. Eating Disorders: Etiology and Treatment. Issues in Therapy. Feminist Alternatives.