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Women’s Mental Health: The Unchartered Terrain
Gender oppression is a dominant factor that impacts the development of and recovery from mental disorder. The current chapter begins by provenance of...
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The Impact on Women’s Mental Health During Times of Pandemic
Introduction: The pandemic has brought many pressing issues to our attention: the specific psychological and psychiatric risks faced by women both as...
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Women’s Mental Health: A Critique of Hetero-Patriarchal Power and Pathologization
This chapter provides a searing critique of medical and psychological explanations for women’s higher rates of reported depression. Through a...
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Women’s Health and Pandemic Crisis
This book focuses on the unique challenges for women in a pandemic situation, both as caretakers and patients. It has been noted that in the last two...
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Relating Profiles of Ethnocultural Gender Roles to Mental Health and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Latina Women
Latina women report higher levels of psychological distress relative to Latino men (Fortuna et al. in J Clin Psychiatry 68(4):572–581, 2007;...
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Mental Health Services in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with more than 90% of the mental health treatment gap. After abolishing the...
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Women’s Mental Health: Core Concepts for Community Psychiatry
Women’s mental health (WMH) refers to the biological, psychological, and social aspects of mental health that differentially affect women. These...
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Mental Health Care in Pakistan
The chapter explores the landscape of mental health care in Pakistan, a low- and middle-income country. It sets the stage by providing an overview of...
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Social and Cultural Determinants of Mental Health
Social determinants of mental health in the industrialised world and in post-colonial societies are found to be directly related to intersectional...
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Mental Health
This chapter introduces the notion of mental health as it is presently understood in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM),...
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Womens’ Mental Health and War Catastrophes in Palestine
Our chapter explored mental health issues among Palestinian women living in a society characterized by high levels of war catastrophes, prolonged...
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The Modifying Effect of Minority Stressors on the Associations Between Neighborhood Deprivation and Mental Health Among US Sexual Minority Women
IntroductionLittle is known about how neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage influences sexual minority women’s (e.g., lesbian, bisexual) mental...
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Mental Health Professionals’ Experiences of Adapting Mental Health Interventions for Autistic Adults: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis
Autistic adults experience high rates of metal health difficulties and face significant barriers to accessing appropriate mental health care....
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Parenting and Infant Mental Health in South America
A brief history of the Infant Mental Health field in Argentina and Uruguay is described together with research projects that propose bridges between...
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Elections and Mental Health: A Narrative Review
The electoral system is one of the most fundamental elements of representative democracy. Despite the significant role of elections in the democratic...
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Mental Health of Women in Midlife and Beyond
Of all the ontogenetic periods in a woman’s life, the premenopausal and postmenopausal periods are characterized by multitasking and duration. The...
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Interventions promoting mental health dimensions in infertile women: a systematic review
BackgroundScientific developments have brought hope to infertile couples; however, the results are not always favorable. This makes women suffer...
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Women’s Sexual Health in Old Age: Identification of Influencing Factors Using Focus Group Interviews Based on Socioecological Approach
Despite its importance and numerous benefits, sexual health in the elderly is often a neglected topic due to gender- and age-specific taboos and...
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The SOOTHE eQuilt of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Supporting Voice
ObjectivesPeople with intellectual disabilities are more vulnerable to and experience mental health concerns at a higher incidence than their peers...
