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Starting in embryonic development, gender has profound influences on us. Endocrine receptors in the brain affect cognition, mood, and behavior differently in males and females, and gender roles inevitably affect our psychosocial experiences. It should be no surprise that men and women have differences in vulnerability for developing many forms of psychopathology, in expression of symptoms and in response to treatment.
Gender and Its Effect on Psychopathology examines the gender differences in psychopathology, including susceptibility to psychiatric disorders, the timing of their onset, their course, and their response to treatment. Dr. Ellen Frank and colleagues show how studying these differences helps clinicians in predicting patients' responses to treatment. This book reviews * The types of depression to which women are prone, the hormonal basis of mood disorders in women, and the specific clinical phenomenology of reproduction-related depressions* Findings on how gender difference in socialization affect the development and symptoms of psychiatric disorders* Studies hormonal and pubertal changes that may explain the rise in rates for depression among females relative to males between ages 10 and 15 years* Epidemiological findings on the prevalence of depression among women and discusses plausible explanations for these findings* Gender differences in antisocial and borderline personality disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and substance dependence
A synopsis of current research on gender differences, Gender and Its Effects on Psychopathology provides practitioners with invaluable insight into understanding and treating patients with a variety of psychiatric disorders.
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Doody 图书评论
This book brings together a collection of studies and papers analyzing differences between the sexes on a variety of issues from age at onset to course to symptomology of numerous psychiatric disorders. Weighted heavily in the area of affective disorders, this text includes only two articles on psychotic disorders and these both focus on schizophrenia. The editor also includes a section on gender-based differences in substance abuse. The book is rife with tables and figures of varying use. Dr. Frank strives to present a complete synthesis of the work that has been done on gender differences in psychopathology. The articles selected provide readers with a solid introduction on gender differences. Having such a volume on hand would be quite useful to students and practitioners at all levels. While the editor does not overtly discuss audience, the content would suggest that this book is intended for graduate-level students as well as practitioners. Dr. Frank's credentials are impressive a nd her own contributions to the volume suggest considerable knowledge of the topic. The text is arranged in four sections: Etiological Mechanisms; Mood and Anxiety Disorders; Schizophrenia; and Substance Abuse and Dependence. Mood disorders get the most attention here, with articles focusing on changes at puberty in rates of depression, differences in response to treatment, and the role of anxiety in depression for women and men. Schizophrenia is addressed in only two articles. One of these is difficult to follow and cluttered with a table or figure for every variable, however ancillary. The lack of information about schizophrenia may be due to an overall lack of information about and understanding of schizophrenia in general. Each article is extremely well referenced, and the book contains a useful index. Dr. Frank has brought together a good representation of the current thinking on gender differences in psychopathology. Students seeking straightforward material on this subject and p rofessionals looking for a starting point for their own research would do well to have this volume on hand. Cindy L. Gilbert, MSW(Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center). Copyright 2001, Doody Publishing
Choice 评论
Females are different from males, but how much this difference is due to biological factors (sex) and how much to social-psychological-cultural factors (gender) is subject to considerable debate. Frank (Univ. of Pittsburgh) makes a pioneering effort to provide answers to troubling questions, providing an excellent overview of the current research on gender differences and psychopathology. Written by more than two dozen researchers in the field, the essays discuss subjects ranging from the relationship of mood disorders and menstrual cycles to male versus female dependence on alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and marijuana. Other subjects covered include women's and men's rates of major depression, non-bipolar mood disorders, and schizophrenia; their willingness to seek treatment; their responses to treatment; and much more. Each chapter includes a long list of references, and a good index facilitates use. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. V. L. Bullough; University of Southern California