Depression in Girls and Women Across the Lifespan Treatment Essentials for Mental Health Professionals

Depression in Girls and Women Across the Lifespan takes a broad biopsychosocial approach to understanding the onset and experience of depression in women.

The book is structured around four major life transitions: depression during puberty and the transition to adolescence; Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and a woman?s transition through monthly cycles of depression; depression during pregnancy, postpartum, and the transition to motherhood; and depression during perimenopause and the transition to menopause. Integrating cutting-edge research with a wealth of case examples and specific evidence-based interventions, the book expands our understanding of depression by taking into account the biological realities, psychological vulnerabilities, life stressors, and gendered cultural messages and expectations that intersect to shape the onset of depression in women?s lives.

Written in a clear, applicable style, Depression in Girls and Women Across the Lifespan enables mental health professionals to provide effective, gender-informed, depression-focused treatments that are tailored to girls? and women?s unique needs.

1. Foundations for Conceptualizing and Treating Depression in Girls and Women 2. Treatment for Depression in Adolescent Girls: Navigating Puberty and the Transition to Adolescence 3. Treatment for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Navigating the Transition Through Depression and Menstrual Cycles 4. Treatment for Perinatal Depression: Navigating the Transition to Motherhood 5. Treatment for Depression in Perimenopause: Navigating the Transition to Menopause

Laura H. Choate, EdD, LPC, is a Jo Ellen Levy Yates Endowed Professor in Counselor Education at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She is the author of four previous books on girls’ and women’s mental health.