Women's Mental Health A Clinical and Evidence-Based Guide
There is an increasing focus on medical studies related to differences between men and women, and women’s mental health stands out as one of the most important fields where sex-based differences are being investigated. Overall, studies show an existence o
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Women’s Mental Health
Joel Rennó Jr. Gislene Valadares Amaury Cantilino Jeronimo Mendes-Ribeiro Renan Rocha Antonio Geraldo da Silva Editors
Women’s Mental Health A Clinical and Evidence-Based Guide
Editors Joel Rennó Jr. University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil Brazilian Association of Psychiatry (ABP) Rio de Janeiro Brazil Amaury Cantilino Federal University of Pernambuco Recife, Pernambuco Brazil Renan Rocha Private Practice, São Lucas Medical Institute Criciúma, Santa Catarina Brazil
Gislene Valadares Women’s Mental Health Clinic Incestuous Families Treatment Clinic of Clinica’s Hospital Federal University of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil Jeronimo Mendes-Ribeiro Brazilian Association of Psychiatry Rio de Janeiro Brazil Antonio Geraldo da Silva Brazilian Association of Psychiatry (ABP) Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Contents
An Introduction to Women’s Mental Health ���������������������������������������� 1 Jeronimo Mendes-Ribeiro, Antonio Geraldo da Silva, and Joel Rennó Jr. Those We Should Remember: The Pioneers of Mother-Infant Psychiatry ������������������������������������������������������������������ 7 Ian Brockington Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders in Women�������������������������������� 17 Maria Carmen Viana and Rafael Bello Corassa Psychometric Instruments and Women’s Mental Health�������������������� 31 Jeronimo Mendes-Ribeiro, Mario Juruena, Luisa Caropreso, Maha M. Eltayebani, and David L. Streiner Schizophrenia in Women�����������������������������������������������
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