Mental Health Services for Women in Third World Countries and Immigrant Women Nalini Pandalangat “The ones doing the looking are giving themselves the power to define” (1). This statement by…
Women’s Mental Health: From Hysteria to Human Rights Jill A. Astbury The womb is an animal which longs to generate children. When it remains barren too long after puberty, it…
Mental Health Services for Women Anne E. Rhodes WOMEN’S NEED FOR AND USE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES The assessment of need for mental health services occurs at multiple and interacting…
Summary An Historical Perspective Joan Busfield The idea that a person can become mad or experience some disturbance of mind has a very long history and predates the development of…
Vicissitudes and Disappointments: Loss and Illness in Late Life Pamela Melding “Old age is not a disease—it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials…
Aging and Cognition in Women Chris Perkins Worldwide, more than 470 million women are over 50 years of age and one-third of these will live into their 80s. It is…
The Psychosocial Challenge for Older Women Anne Hassett “Age and gender hierarchies shape female lives across the life course in specific social and historical contexts” (1). Why devote a chapter…
Summary Commentary from China Helen F. K. Chiu The three chapters of this section, by Hassett, Perkins, and Melding, eloquently explore the topics of psychosocial challenges, cognitive challenges, and physical…
Mothering and Depression Sydney L. Hans Lifetime rates of depression are higher in women than in men, with nearly one in five women experiencing a clinically significant episode of depression…
Menopause and Mental Health Donna E. Stewart Mona J. Khalid “We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves” (1). Menopause is a normal life…
