Womens Mental Health or A Consumers Dictionary of Food Additives

Women's Mental Health: A Life-Cycle Approach

Author: Sarah E Romans

Women's Mental Health: A Life-Cycle Approach brings together the latest research and clinical information on the wide variety of psychiatric problems that affect women in unique ways. The book is organized around the female life cycle—childhood, adolescence, adulthood, reproduction, and aging—and addresses specific disorders as they present at each stage. Chapters examine the biological, hormonal, and psychosocial foundations of female psychiatric disorders at each life-cycle stage and offer a framework for thinking about clinical problems. Expert commentaries are included to expand on key issues and provide an insightful overview of each life-cycle stage. The international group of contributors ensures complete coverage of cross-cultural issues. Concluding chapters discuss mental health services for women worldwide.

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Reviewer: Steve C. Lee, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book is an organized survey of the state-of-the-art of women's mental health research. The structure is quite deliberate beginning with an overview of issues divided into development, culture, and stress. The remaining bulk of the book is divided into four sections that follow these issues chronologically by life cycle as the title suggests. Commentaries are included following or preceding certain sections.
Purpose: The purpose is to shed light on the research done so far in this field. It also sets out to be an impetus for further research. Evidently, there are many sorely understudied areas in the field of women's mental health as the prototypical object of research has been the Caucasian male.
Audience: This book is intended for all mental health professionals, whether in training or practicing, and general health students. Although a myriad of researchers are involved in the authorship, the book maintains a fairly consistent tone which should be palatable for most readers.
Features: Most chapters begin with a cursory but helpful historical perspective of the material. The authors for the most part are remarkably thorough. They do a commendable job of reviewing the literature, presenting current controversies, and suggesting future directions. This is all achieved in a well organized structure. References are conveniently cited at the end of each chapter.
Assessment: This book fulfills its purpose successfully. For those interested in the area of women's mental health, it will likely spark further interest and inquiry into the literature available. Well-written and well-organized, this book is amenable to future focused reading.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Table of Contents:

1	A relational-cultural theory of human development : the power of connection	3
	Ch. 1 Commentary	13
2	Women, culture, and development	15
	Ch. 2 Commentary	32
3	Women and stress	35
	Ch. 3 Commentary	48
4	Depression and anxiety in girls	53
5	Gender identity disorder in girls	71
6	Developmental pathways of ADHD	85
7	Conduct disorders in girls	93
8	Eating disorders and body image in adolescence	111
9	Prodromal phase of psychosis in adolescent women	123
10	Substance use, abuse, and dependence in adolescent girls	133
11	The origins of emotion regulation : clinical presentation and neurobiology	147
12	Gender differences in depression and anxiety disorders	163
13	Substance use and abuse in women	179
14	Psychotic disorders in women	191
15	Sexuality and sexual disorders in women	205
16	Post-traumatic stress disorder	221
17	Living with intellectual disability	237
18	Menstrual cycles and mental health	257
19	Pregnancy and mental health	269
20	Postpartum and its mental health problems	283
21	Menopause and mental health	297
22	Mothering and depression	311
23	The psychosocial challenge for older women	323
24	Aging and cognition in women	337
25	Vicissitudes and disappointments : loss and illness in late life	351
26	Mental health services for women	367
27	Women's mental health : from hysteria to human rights	377
28	Mental health services for women in Third World countries and immigrant women	393

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A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: Descriptions in Plain English of More Than 12,000 Ingredients Both Harmful and Desirable Found in Foods

Author: Ruth Winter

The essential guide for making sure your food is safe

A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives is back again, in an updated sixth edition. This valuable reference gives you all the facts about the relative safety and side effects of more than 12,000 ingredients that end up in your food as a result of processing and curing, such as preservatives, food-tainting pesticides, and animal drugs. For example, drugs used to tranquilize pigs may sedate diners!

There are hundreds of new entries to this edition, and topics covered include information about recently discovered resistant strains of bacteria credited to the antibiotics added to animal feed, as well as startling statistics on the amount of money spent on certain additives each year—$1.4 billion—on just flavorings and flavor enhancers.

A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives is a precise tool that will tell you exactly what to leave on supermarket shelves as a reminder to manufacturers that you know what the labels mean and which products are safe to bring home to your family.