Living with Intellectual Disability
Living with Intellectual Disability Elspeth A. Bradley Yona Lunsky Marika Korossy Women with intellectual disabilities are the children, adolescents, and adults described in other chapters of this book; they have…
NEUROLOGY
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Debra Kaminer Soraya Seedat Since the early 1980s, the impact of trauma on psychological and biologic functioning has been conceptualized in the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder…
Sexuality and Sexual Disorders in Women
Sexuality and Sexual Disorders in Women Rosemary Basson In cultures where women’s sexual pleasure and wish to engage sexually are endorsed, there are increasing data on the nature of their…
Psychotic Disorders in Women
Psychotic Disorders in Women Jayashri Kulkarni HISTORY OF PSYCHOSIS: A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE Psychiatric history reflects the thoughts and views of philosophers, clerics, and clinicians, predominantly male. The dominant paradigm is…
Substance Use and Abuse in Women
Substance Use and Abuse in Women Monica L. Zilberman Sheila B. Blume Substance abuse is a major source of health problems worldwide. The National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), a large study…
Gender Differences in Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Gender Differences in Depression and Anxiety Disorders Gail Erlick Robinson The objective of this chapter is to highlight sex and gender differences in the prevalence, etiology, presentation, and treatment of…
The Origins of Emotion Regulation: Clinical Presentation and Neurobiology
The Origins of Emotion Regulation: Clinical Presentation and Neurobiology Ruth A. Lanius Robyn L. Bluhm Clare Pain Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic complex PTSD, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are…
Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence in Adolescent Girls
Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence in Adolescent Girls Sheila B. Blume Monica L. Zilberman Hermano Tavares About 40 years ago, one of the authors (S.B.B.) admitted a 15-year-old boy into…
Prodromal Phase of Psychosis in Adolescent Women
Prodromal Phase of Psychosis in Adolescent Women Jean Addington Frauke T. K. Schultze-Lutter Schizophrenia is one of society’s costliest medical conditions. The disorder usually evolves during the developmentally crucial time…
Summary Commentary from New Zealand
Summary Commentary from New Zealand Leah K. Andrews M. Louise Webster Western culture seems determined to portray adolescence as a time of great turmoil. Sex, substance use, crime, and antisocial…
