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Psychopathology in Women

Incorporating Gender Perspective into Descriptive Psychopathology

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Margarita Sáenz-Herrero

    1. Dept. of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Alava, Victoria, Spain

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  • Draws attention to the central importance of gender in the definition of psychiatric symptomatology
  • Examines the significance of gender in relation to specific aspects of psychopathology and a wide range of psychological disorders
  • Aims to establish gender perspective as a key concept in descriptive psychopathology

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. General Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Women’s Mental Health Around the World: Education, Poverty, Discrimination and Violence, and Political Aspects

      • Kristina Jausoro Alzola, Magdalena Marino
      Pages 3-24

    3. Psychosexual Development and Sexual Dysfunctions

      • Rafael Segarra-Echebarría, Isidro Fernández-Pérez, Juan Miguel García-Moncho, Leonardo Delarze-Carrillo
      Pages 25-51

    4. Gender and Psychological Differences: Gender and Subjectivity

      • María Dolores Avia, Mª Luisa Sánchez-Bernardos
      Pages 53-66

    5. Self-Identity and Gender Differences

      • Miguel Angel González-Torres, Aranzazu Fernandez-Rivas
      Pages 67-82

    6. Improving Our Science in Psychosis Research with a Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis

      • Maria Haarmans
      Pages 83-110

  3. Gender and Psychopathology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Gender and Corporality, Corporeality, and Body Image

      • Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, Cristina Díez-Alegría
      Pages 113-142

    3. Body and Hysteria: Dissociated Body

      • Agueda Rojo-Pantoja
      Pages 143-159

    4. Corporality and Trauma

      • Paloma Navarro, Inmaculada Hurtado
      Pages 161-183

    5. Dysmorphophobia: From Neuroticism to Psychoticism

      • Batirtze Artaraz, Leire Celaya, Eider Zuaitz
      Pages 185-202

    6. Eating Disorders

      • Margarita Sáenz-Herrero, Marta Zubia, Nuria Nuñez, Josep Toro-Tralleras
      Pages 203-235

    7. Paraphilic Disorders: Sexual Sadist and Masochistic Disorders

      • Rafael Segarra-Echebarría, Marta Crego-Meda, Aníbal Arrillaga-Trueba, Margarita Sáenz-Herrero
      Pages 237-265

    8. Gender Dysphoria

      • Rafael Segarra-Echebarría, Beatriz Rodríguez-Paz, Arantzazu Zabala-Rabadán, Margarita Sáenz-Herrero
      Pages 267-302

    9. Life Instinct and Gender

      • Olatz Napal, Aitor Francos
      Pages 303-339

    10. Use, Misuse, and Gender Differences

      • Carmen Meneses, Iñaki Markez
      Pages 341-360

    11. Psychosis and Gender: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (and Gender) in Psychosis but Were Afraid to Ask

      • Maria Haarmans
      Pages 361-387

    12. Psychopathology, Art, and Gender

      • María del Río Diéguez, Belén Sanz-Aránguez Ávila
      Pages 389-405

  4. Psychopathology Related to Hormonal Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 407-407
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About this book

Gender has a fundamental influence on the human brain, not only by virtue of biological and hormonal differences between the sexes but also because of the impact of gender-specific cultural, social, anthropological and environmental factors. Nevertheless, the relation of gender and psychopathology remains a largely neglected field. Gender perspective has been treated as a paradigm in this book on psychopathology because it determines the way in which a psychiatric symptom is defined, perceived and understood. This conception of gender as being of key importance in the definition of psychiatric symptomatology is exceptional in the literature. The book opens by examining historical and cultural aspects of mental health in women worldwide and the relation of sex, brain and gender, with coverage of both neurobiological and psychosocial aspects. The significance of gender with regard to specific aspects of psychopathology is then addressed in detail. A wide range of psychological disorders are considered, as well as hormonal influences and issues concerning body image, self identity, sexuality and life instinct. It is hoped that this book will make a significant contribution in ensuring that gender perspective receives due attention within descriptive psychopathology.

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“This book explores how sex and gender differences affect the development, presentation, and treatment of psychopathology. … The audience includes all psychiatrists and psychologists who treat women. … This book is not only for readers training specifically in women’s mental health, it is also for general mental health professionals who desire to increase their understanding of the various aspects of gender and its impact.” (Mabel Avilas, Doody’s Book Reviews, March, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Alava, Victoria, Spain

    Margarita Sáenz-Herrero

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychopathology in Women

  • Book Subtitle: Incorporating Gender Perspective into Descriptive Psychopathology

  • Editors: Margarita Sáenz-Herrero

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05870-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34418-8Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05870-2Published: 14 October 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 741

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Gender Studies, Psychology, general

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