Helen Herrman, Jane E. Fisher, Dr Marianne Kastrup, Prabha S. Chandra, Unaiza Niaz, Marta Rondon, Ahmed Okasha Contemporary Topics in Women's Mental Health

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Contemporary Topics in Women s Mental Health: Global Perspectives in a Changing Society considers both the mental health and psychiatric disorders of women in relation to global social change. The book addresses the current themes in psychiatric disorders among women: reproduction and mental health, service delivery and ethics, impact of violence, disasters and migration, women s mental health promotion and social policy, and concludes each section with a commentary discussing important themes emerging from each chapter. Psychiatrists, sociologists and students of women s studies will all benefit from this textbook. With a Foreword by Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London; Chair, Commission on Social Determinants of Health