Neurology and Psychiatry of Women, 1st ed. 2019 A Guide to Gender-based Issues in Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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.

Section 1 Issues in Women during their Reproductive years        

Migraine and Women

Neurologic and Psychiatric Manifestations of Connective Tissue Disorders in Women

Conversion & Dissociative disorders in Women                                                 

Endocrine Disorders in Women with Neurologic and Psychiatric disease

Anxiety & somatoform disorders                                                                                                             

Neuro- inflammatory Disorders in Women

Epilepsy and Pregnancy                                                               

Pregnancy and Stroke                                                                                                                   

Pregnancy and Postpartum Risks of Women with Depression and Bipolar Disease

Ethical Decisions in Pregnancy

Section 3 Women's Health and Aging

Menopausal hot flashes, sleep and mood disturbances                                                

Successful Aging

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

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