Main description:

Women and Psychiatric Treatment provides a practical guide to the challenge of preserving fairness in access and quality of provision of health care and argues that equity is only achievable through greater recognition of gender differences.

Taking into account the main variables which influence treatment, such as setting, age and culture, clear suggestions are given for the reform of training, research and provision of services according to gender differences.

Divided into seven sections, the book discusses the following subjects:

the background
treatment settings
treatment of particular groups
specific disorders
managing the sequelae of trauma
therapies
the future: implications for training, research and service provision.

This comprehensive and practical text offers a thorough investigation of the issues surrounding the treatment of women with mental health problems. It will be welcomed by psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and other mental health workers.

Contents:

Henderson, S. Smith, C. Smith, Stevens, Preface. Caldicott, Foreword. Henderson, S. Smith, C. Smith, Stevens, Introduction. Part I: The Background. Cutting, The Problem with Psychiatry - A Woman's Perspective. Part II: Treatment Settings. Buszewicz, Burd, Looking After Patients With Mental Health Problems in a Primary Care Setting. Johnson, Community and Out-patient Services for Women. Kohen, McNicholas, Beaumont, Inpatient Psychiatric Services for Women. Travers, Treatment of Women in Forensic Settings. Part III: Treatment of Particular Groups. Seneviratne, Conroy, Motherhood and Mental Illness. Sheehan, Treatment of Elderly Women. S. Smith, Treatment of Women from Other Cultures. Part IV: Specific Disorders. Howard, The Psychoses. Palazidou, Depressive Illness. Wilson-Jones, Anxiety and Somatoform Disorders. Todd, Treating Women With Eating Disorders. Marshall, Treating Women With Alcohol Problems. Bearn, Treating Women with Drug Addiction. Erskine, Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Mostyn, Treatment of Psychosexual Problems. Part V: Managing the Sequelae of Trauma. C. Smith, Management of the Sequelae of Childhood Trauma. Schmidt, G. Cox, C. Cox, Management of Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH) and Parasuicide. Part VI: Therapies. S. Smith, Henderson, Biological Therapies. Majid, Dynamic Psychotherapy. Williams, Cognitive- Behavioural Therapy. Evans, Complementary Therapies. Henderson, S. Smith, C. Smith,. Stevens, Part VII: The Future: Implications for Training, Research and Service Provision.