Psychopathology in Women -

Psychopathology in Women

Incorporating Gender Perspective into Descriptive Psychopathology

Margarita Sáenz-Herrero (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
XIII, 883 Seiten
2019 | 2nd ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-15178-2 (ISBN)
213,99 inkl. MwSt

This book examines sex and gender differences in the causes and expression of medical conditions, including mental health disorders.

Sex differences are variations attributable to individual reproductive organs and the XX or XY chromosomal complement. Gender differences are variations that result from biological sex as well as individual self-representation which include psychological, behavioural, and social consequences of an individual's perceived gender.

Gender is still a neglected field in psychopathology, and gender differences is often incorrectly used as a synonym of sex differences. A reconsideration of the definition of gender, as the term that subsumes masculinity and femininity, could shed some light on this misperception and could have an effect in the study of health and disease.

This second edition of Psychopathology clarifies the anthropological, cultural and social aspects of gender and their impact on mental health disorders. It focuses ongender perspective as a paradigm not only in psychopathology but also in mental health disorders. As such it promotes open mindedness in the definition and perception of symptoms, as well as assumptions about those symptoms, and raises awareness of mental health.

Marga Sáenz-Herrero was awarded with a degree in Medicine at the University of Valladolid. She received her PhD in Medicine in 2004 from Complutense University in Madrid. She is a specialist in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by Comillas University and specialist in Integrative Psychotherapy by Alcalá University. In 2009, she received a Specialization in Forensic Psychiatry. She has been an Associate Professor at Complutense University until 2005 where she taught undergraduate and postgraduate students. Since 2009, she is teaching medical students at Basque University in Vitoria. She has been also Tutor of Psychiatric Residents since 2009 at Alava University Hospital, and she is currently tutoring Medical Residents in Psychiatry at Cruces University Hospital in Bilbao. She has worked with Professor López-Ibor at San Carlos University Hospital in Madrid. During this period she received a grant to stay at the Eating Disorders Program with Professor Katherine Halmi, at New York Hospital, USA.

Historical and Cultural Aspects: Women and mental Health all over the world.- Sex, Brain and Gender: Neurobiology.- Sexual Differentiation of the Human Nervous System.- Psychosocial Aspects.- Specific Pathology in Women: Body Image, Corporality and Corporeality.- Body and corporality.- Concept and History of Body Image.- Body and Hysteria: Dissociated body.- Corporality and Trauma.- Dysmorphophobia: From Neuroticism to Psychoticism.- Self Identity and Gender differences.- Psychopathology of Eating Behavior.- Anorexia Nervosa.- Bulimia Nervosa.- Binge Eating Disorder.- Eating Disorder not otherwise specified.- Avoidant/ restrictive food intake disorders.- Psychopathology of Sexuality.- Psychopathology of Life Instinct.- Psychopathology associated to Hormonal Aspects: Relation of Estrogen, cycle phases and Psychopathology in Women.- Dysphoric Syndrome.- Depression during Pregnancy.- Postpartum and postnatal depression.- Puerperal Psychosis.- Menopause Depression.- Psychopathology andGender in Psychiatric Syndromes and New Disorders: Mood Disorders.- Anxiety Disorders.- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.- Schizophrenia.- Bipolar Disorder.- Personality Disorders and Gender Differences.- Borderline Personality Disorder.- Addiction.- Social and cultural differences.- Somatomorphic and Factitious Disorders.- Psychopathology Gender, Creativity, Body Art and Feminism.- Controversial Aspects

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XIII, 883 p. 19 illus., 13 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 1777 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Schlagworte Body Image • Eating Disorders • gender differences • mental health disorders • psychopathology • Sex factors
ISBN-10 3-030-15178-6 / 3030151786
ISBN-13 978-3-030-15178-2 / 9783030151782
Zustand Neuware
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