Editors:
Utilizes a biopsychosocial perspective
Offers an in-depth overview of the psychological experience that underlies a woman's reproductive life from utero to menopause
Includes the most current cutting-edge research
Provides clinical applications
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Reproductive Years
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The Later Years
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About this book
"This outstanding collection of work is an important, timely, and much needed resource. Dr. Diana Lynn Barnes has been instrumental in bringing attention to the needs of perinatal women for decades. In Women's Reproductive Health Across the Lifespan, she brilliantly unites the medical world of reproductive life events with the psychiatric and psychological world of mental health issues associated with them. Her expertise, combined with contributions by distinguished leaders in the field, create a volume of work that should be studied carefully by every medical and mental health provider who works with women."
- Karen Kleiman, MSW, The Postpartum Stress Center, Author of Therapy and the Postpartum Woman
"Finally, a book that addresses the entire scope of women’s reproductive mental health spanning the gamut from puberty to menopause. The list of chapter contributors reads like a who’s who of international experts. Unique to this book is its focus on the interaction of genetics, hormonal fluctuations, and the social environment. It is a must addition for the libraries of clinicians and researchers in women’s reproductive mental health".
- Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut
Pregnancy and childbirth are generally viewed as joyous occasions. Yet for numerous women, these events instead bring anxiety, depression, and emotional distress. Increased interest in risk reduction and early clinical intervention is bringing reproductive issues to the forefront of women's mental health. The scope of Women's Reproductive Mental Health across the Lifespan begins long before the childbearing years, and continues well after those years have ended. Empirical findings, case examples, and dispatches from emerging areas of the field illuminate representative issues across the continuum of women's lives with the goal of more effective care benefitting women and their families.
Chapter authors discuss advances in areas such as fertility treatment and contraception, and present current thinking on the psychological impact of pregnancy loss, menopause, cancer, and other stressors. These expert contributors emphasize the connections between an individual's biology and psychology and cultural expectations in shaping women's mental health, and the balance between a client's unique history and current clinical knowledge clinicians need to address disorders.
Included in the coverage:
- The experience of puberty and emotional wellbeing.
- Body image issues and eating disorders in the childbearing years.
- Risk assessment and screening during pregnancy.
- Normal and pathological postpartum anxiety.
- Mood disorders and the transition to menopause.
- The evolution of reproductive psychiatry.
A reference with an extended shelf life, Women's Reproductive Mental Health across the Lifespan enhances the work of researchers and practitioners in social work, clinical psychology, and psychiatry, and has potential relevance to all health care professionals.
Keywords
- Birth Trauma
- Body Image During Childbearing Years
- Coping with Miscarriage
- Coping with Stillbirth
- Fertility Outcomes
- Mood Disorders and Menopause
- PTSD
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Perinatal Psychiatry
- Postpartum Psychosis
- Psychological Perspectives on Women's Health
- Puberty and Emotional Wellbeing
- Reproductive Cancers
- Reproductive Psychiatry
- Sexual Development
- Transition to Menopause
- Women's Mental Health
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This book serves as a guide to clinicians who are caring for women in various stages of their reproductive life. As such, it is relevant for obstetrician/gynecologists, psychiatrists, primary care physicians, and others who work at the interface of women’s health and mental health. … a rich resource that achieves the appropriate balance of breadth and depth so that readers are not overwhelmed. ... a worthwhile book for anyone interested or working in the area of women’s mental health.” (Sheila Lahijani, Doody’s Book Reviews, November, 2014)
"In this book you’ll find a thoughtfully edited chronicle of the unique convergence of genetic, hormonal, social, and environmental forces that influence a woman’s mental health over the course of her life. Both comprehensive and nuanced, Women’s Reproductive Mental Health Across the Lifespan captures the science, clinical observation, and collective wisdom of experts in the field. Professionals and laypersons alike are well-advised to make room on their bookshelves for this one!" (Margaret Howard, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior (Clinical) and Medicine (Clinical), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division Director, Women's Behavioral Health; Director, Postpartum Depression Day Hospital, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
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The Center for Postpartum Health, Sherman Oaks, USA
Diana Lynn Barnes
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women's Reproductive Mental Health Across the Lifespan
Editors: Diana Lynn Barnes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05116-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05115-4Published: 17 June 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21685-0Published: 21 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05116-1Published: 30 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 333
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Family