Women's Mental Health in Primary Care

By Kathryn J. Zerbe

This unique guide provides useful, practical summaries of the most important mental health concerns of women. This resource helps readers intervene efficiently and effectively by providing comprehensive, yet practical answers to the most common problems seen in practice, with an emphasis on treatment guidelines and other vital steps that should be taken.Answers questions most frequently asked by clinicians.Presents a summary of major psychiatric conditions affecting women, such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse, trauma, psychosomatic illness, bereavement, and the emotional effects of medical illness.
Features practical, yet thorough reviews of actual clinical presentations, counselling suggestions, and pharmacologic and counselling treatment, with discussions of what to look for, how to initiate cost-effectivetreatment, what to do next, how to follow-up on treatment, and when to refer to a specialist.Offers guidelines in each chapter that aid readers in diagnosis, treatment, and specialty referral...and then walks them through each step of carefrom the initial interview through long-term follow-up.
Includes a list of specific guidelines for the patient that can be distributed for at-home use.Explains the role of various psychotherapeutic approaches, including individual, group, cognitive behavioural, and psychodynamic.
Gives particular consideration to the care of women in their child-bearing years.Provides an up-to-date review of the literature, with an annotated bibliography for each disorder/condition and separate bibliographies for the patient and the clinician.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721672396
• ISBN13: 9780721672397
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"