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Neurology and Psychiatry of Women

A Guide to Gender-based Issues in Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment

  • Provides appropriate gender specific treatment and management of many neurologic and psychiatric diseases including stroke, depression, headache, conversion disorders, neuromuscular disorders, pituitary disease, Alzheimer’s and epilepsy

  • Addresses the unique neurologic and psychiatric issues across a women’s life span

  • Provides high-quality integrated information and education based on leading-edge research on gender-specific care

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Issues in Women During Their Reproductive Years

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Women and Migraine

      • Regina Krel, Paul G. Mathew
      Pages 3-5
    3. Connective Tissue Disorders in Women

      • Sophia L. Ryan, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Mary Angela O’Neal
      Pages 7-13
    4. Contraception in Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders

      • Caryn Dutton, Andrea Hsu Roe, Deborah Bartz
      Pages 27-36
    5. Neuroendocrine Disorders in Women

      • Alexandra J. Lovett, Whitney W. Woodmansee
      Pages 37-45
    6. Somatoform Disorders

      • Timothy M. Scarella
      Pages 47-67
    7. Anxiety Disorders

      • Madeleine A. Becker, Nazanin E. Silver, Ann Chandy, Subani Maheshwari
      Pages 69-76
    8. Neuro-inflammatory Disorders in Women

      • Ivana Vodopivec
      Pages 77-83
    9. Catamenial Epilepsy

      • P. Emanuela Voinescu
      Pages 85-94
    10. Neuro-oncological Disorders in Women

      • Na Tosha N. Gatson, Erika N. Leese
      Pages 95-101
    11. Substance Use Disorders in Women

      • Whitney Peters, Connie Guille, Leena Mittal
      Pages 103-113
  3. Pregnancy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
    2. Neurologic Imaging in Pregnancy

      • Jesse M. Thon, Robert W. Regenhardt, Joshua P. Klein
      Pages 117-120
    3. The Normal Physiology of Pregnancy: Neurological Implications

      • Cesar R. Padilla, Nicole A. Smith
      Pages 121-123
    4. Epilepsy and Pregnancy

      • Mariel Velez, Kimford J. Meador
      Pages 125-129
    5. Headaches in Pregnancy and Postpartum

      • Mary Angela O’Neal
      Pages 131-138
    6. Stroke in Pregnancy

      • Steven K. Feske
      Pages 139-143
    7. Demyelinating Disease and Pregnancy

      • Tamara B. Kaplan, Riley Bove
      Pages 145-156

About this book

This comprehensive resource covers a range of women’s health issues and their intersection with neurologic and psychiatric disease. Chapters feature high quality, integrated information based on leading-edge research on gender-specific care and are grouped by reproductive years, pregnancy and health, and aging. Emerging science regarding sex differences in neurological and psychiatric illnesses, including anxiety, reproductive health, conversion disorders, depression and ethical issues in pregnancy, stroke risk factors, and successful aging strategies are covered along with clinical application of this knowledge to the delivery of care. In addition, in those medical problems that afflict both men and women, authors will point out the different risks, prevalence, presentations, and responses to treatments or outcomes in women. Written by renowned experts in the field, this textbook will thoroughly address the educational needs of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in the areas of neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, and obstetrics and expanding their understanding of concerns unique to female patients.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

    Mary Angela O’Neal

About the editor

Mary Angela O’Neal, M.D.

Department of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Director of Women’s Neurology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Director or Harvard Medical School course:  Neurology and Psychiatry of Women

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neurology and Psychiatry of Women

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide to Gender-based Issues in Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment

  • Editors: Mary Angela O’Neal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04245-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04244-8Published: 05 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04245-5Published: 14 February 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 243

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurology, Psychiatry, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery, Internal Medicine

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eBook USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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