{"product_id":"9781441915252","title":"A Public Health Perspective of Women’s Mental Health","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA Public Health Perspective of Women’s Mental Health\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLevin, Bruce Lubotsky; Becker, Marion Ann\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Public Health Perspective of Women’s Mental Health\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Bruce Lubotsky Levin and Marion Ann Becker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs many as one-half of all women in the U.S. will experience some form of mental illness in their lives—an especially distressing fact when health care budgets are in flux, adding to existing disparities and unmet health needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten from a unique multidisciplinary framework, \u003cem\u003eA Public Health Perspective of Women’s Mental Health\u003c\/em\u003e addresses today’s most pressing mental health challenges: effective treatment, efficient prevention, equal access, improved service delivery, and stronger public policy. Eminent clinicians, researchers, academicians, and advocates examine the effects of mental illness on women’s lives and discuss the scope of clinical and service delivery issues affecting women, focusing on these major areas:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpidemiology of mental disorders in girls, female adolescents, adult women, and older women.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected disorders of particular concern to women, including depression and postpartum depression, eating disorders, menopause, chemical dependence, and HIV\/AIDS.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMental health needs of women in the workplace, rural areas, and prisons.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRacial and ethnic disparities and their impact on service delivery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParenting and recovery issues in mothers with mental illness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen’s mental health services in an era of evidence-based medicine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImproving women’s health in today’s technological climate. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Public Health Perspective of Women’s Mental Health\u003c\/em\u003e is a resource of immediate importance to professionals and graduate students in the public health, health administration, health disparities, social work, behavioral health, and health services research fields, as well as nursing, community\/healthpsychology and community\/public psychiatry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-03-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781441915252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4419-1526-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 408\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50148744102028,"sku":"9781441915252","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781441915252.jpg?v=1779568069","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781441915252","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}