Women's Mental Health Across the Lifespan Challenges, Vulnerabilities, and Strengths Clinical Topics in Psychology and Psychiatry Series

Women?s Mental Health Across the Lifespan examines women?s mental health from a developmental perspective, looking at key stressors and strengths from adolescence to old age. Chapters focus in detail on specific stressors and challenges that can impact women?s mental health, such as trauma, addictions, and mood and anxiety disorders. This book also examines racial and ethnic disparities in women?s physical and mental health, mental health of sexual minorities and women with disabilities, and women in the military, and includes valuable suggestions for putting knowledge into practice.

Series Editor Foreword

Preface

Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett

Introduction

Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett and Lesia M. Ruglass

Author Bios

Section I: Women's Mental Health in Lifespan Perspective

Chapter 1

Mental Health of Women: A Focus on Adolescent Girls

Tia R. Dole

Chapter 2

Women’s Mental Health and Reproductive Events During Young Adulthood (ages 20-39)

Diana Lynn Barnes

Chapter 3

Women at Midlife

Maria Espinola, helen DeVinney, and Arlene (Lu) Steinberg

Chapter 4

Older Women's Mental Health

Zhen Cong and Yaolin Pei

Section II: Diversity Issues In Women’s Mental Health

Chapter 5

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Women’s Mental Health

Linda Cedeno and Lesia M. Ruglass

Chapter 6

The Impact of Sexual and Gender Diversity on Women’s Mental Health

Jessica Punzo

Chapter 7

Leveraging Integrated Health Services to Promote Behavioral Health Among Women with Disabilities

Colleen Clemency Cordes, Rebecca P. Cameron, Ethan Eisen, Alette Coble-Temple, and Linda R. Mona

Chapter 8

Women in the Military

Jackie Hammelman

Section III: Specific Disorders Related to Women's Mental Health

Chapter 9

Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Women

Kimberly D. Thompson

Chapter 10

Women, Trauma, and PTSD

Teresa López-Castro, Tanya Saraiya, and Denise A. Hien

Chapter 11

Women and Substance Use Disorders

Aimee N. C. Campbell and Margaret Wolff

Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, FAPA, is a health psychologist, board certified lactation consultant, and fellow of the American Psychological Association in both health and trauma psychology. Dr. Kendall-Tackett focuses on women's health with an emphasis on health effects of violence and abuse, trauma and PTSD, maternal depression, and breastfeeding. She is editor in chief of Praeclarus Press and of two peer-reviewed journals: Psychological Trauma and Clinical Lactation.

Lesia M. Ruglass, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the City College of New York, where she also directs the OASAS-certified Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) program. She is currently member at large and co-chair of the diversity and multicultural committee of the American Psychological Association's Division of Trauma Psychology. Dr. Ruglass also maintains a private practice in New York City.