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Throughout the world, rates of depression are greater among females than males, and this gender gap emerges during adolescence and persists throughout adulthood. Until recently, women's health has centered on the topic of reproductive health, because research focused almost exclusively on biological and anatomical differences distinguishing men and women. Social and behavioral research on gender differences in health now employs multiple disciplinary frameworks and methodologies, and researchers seek to understand the higher rates of specific diseases and disorders in women and men. Symptoms of depression and the diagnosis of depression are more prevalent in women, and research that focuses on biological, psychological, and sociopolitical explanations for this gender gap should now be brought together to better inform efforts at treatment and prevention. Women and Depression is a handbook that serves to move toward a more integrative approach to women's depression in particular and mental health for all more generally.
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There is a worldwide gender gap with markedly increased instances of women suffering from depression. This resource takes a holistic approach to addressing the issue, with an impressive array of contributors considering its anatomical, biological, social, and behavioral aspects in essay form. Sociologist/social psychologist Keyes (psychology, Emory Univ.) and clinical psychologist Goodman (Emory Univ.) have divided the text into five broad categories, beginning with a comprehensive overview of the scope of depression in women and ending with various means of prevention and treatment. Essays include âEpidemiology of Depression in Womenâ and âDepressive Disorders in Women.â Bottom Line The interdisciplinary viewpoint and comprehensive focus set this work apart from its competitors (e.g., Dana C. Jack's Silencing the Self: Women and Depression and Lauren Dockett's The Deepest Blue: How Women Face and Overcome Depression). Essential for academic and large public libraries, as well as special libraries in the health fields.--Melody Ballard, Washoe Cty. Lib. Syst., Reno, NV (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
| List of Contributors | p. xi |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Preface | p. xvii |
| Part I Nosology, Measurement, and the Epidemiology of Women and Depression | |
| 1 Depression: From Nosology to Global Burden | p. 3 |
| 2 The Epidemiology of Depression among Women | p. 22 |
| Part II Biological, Developmental, and Aging Models of Risk | |
| 3 The Biological Underpinnings of Depression | p. 41 |
| 4 Depressive Disorders in Women: From Menarche to beyond the Menopause | p. 62 |
| 5 Does Puberty Account for the Gender Differential in Depression? | p. 89 |
| 6 Women's Aging and Depression | p. 129 |
| Part III Cognitive, Emotional, and Interpersonal Models of Risk | |
| 7 Cognition and Depression | p. 147 |
| 8 Personality and Depression in Women | p. 176 |
| 9 The Social Costs of Stress: How Sex Differences in Stress Responses Can Lead to Social Stress Vulnerability and Depression in Women | p. 199 |
| 10 Marriage and Depression | p. 219 |
| 11 Depression in Women Who Are Mothers: An Integrative Model of Risk for the Development of Psychopathology in Their Sons and Daughters | p. 241 |
| Part IV Social, Political, and Economic Models of Risk | |
| 12 Social Suffering, Gender, and Women's Depression | p. 283 |
| 13 Women, Work, and Depression: Conceptual and Policy Issues | p. 309 |
| 14 Culture, Race/Ethnicity, and Depression | p. 328 |
| 15 Trauma and Depression | p. 360 |
| 16 Public Health Approach to Depression and Women: The Case of the Disadvantaged Inner-City Woman | p. 382 |
| Part V Systems and Processes of Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | |
| 17 Services and Treatment for Depression: International Perspectives and Implications for a Gender-Sensitive Approach | p. 417 |
| 18 Prevention of Depression in Women | p. 450 |
| 19 Women and Depression: Research, Theory, and Social Policy | p. 479 |
| Author Index | p. 523 |
| Subject Index | p. 567 |
