Women's Health Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 55-58, March 2006

Women's mental health: an overview

Jayashri Kulkarni MPM PhD FRANZCP is Professor of Psychiatry at the Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She has been involved in schizophrenia research, particularly in the area of women and psychosis. Her special expertise is in psychoneuroendocrinology, and she has developed new treatment strategies using hormones such as oestrogen.

Abstract 

Women often have different outcomes and experiences with mental illness compared to men. However, there is still a ‘gender-blind’ approach to the understanding and development of new treatments for mental illness. The emphasis is on: women and schizophrenia, depression in women and existing sex differences in anxiety disorders (including phobias, agoraphobia, panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder). Utilizing gender differences in the onset, course and outcomes of mental illness may enable a better development of best outcomes for women with mental illness.

Keywords:  mental health , gender , mental illness , women

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PII: S1744-1870(06)00132-6

doi:10.1383/wohm.2006.3.2.55

Women's Health Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 55-58, March 2006

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