Chapter · January 1, 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO) has found gender differences in depression in all regions of the globe and has identified clinical depression as a leading cause of disease-related disability among the worldʹs women (Demyttenaere et al., 2004). Depressi ...
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Journal ArticleObstetrics and gynecology · February 2001
ObjectiveTo examine the influence of provider encouragement on breast-feeding among women of different social and ethnic backgrounds in the United States.MethodsA nationally representative sample of 2017 parents with children younger than ...
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Journal ArticleWomen and Therapy · April 7, 1995
There is increasing recognition that sex (as a demographic or descriptive variable) is a critical factor in clinical pharmacology research. In addition, we argue that there is a need for increased study of gender-related effects in pharmacological research ...
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Journal ArticlePsychosomatic medicine · March 1992
Daily symptom ratings were evaluated in 31 women who met DSM III-R criteria for a diagnosis of Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder (LLPDD), and 34 women who reported no premenstrual symptomatology. Women in both groups were randomly assigned to be aware o ...
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Journal ArticlePsychosomatic medicine · March 1992
Five degree of change criteria used in previous research to confirm premenstrual syndrome/late luteal phase dysphoric disorder (PMS/LLPDD) based on daily ratings were examined to determine how well each differentiated between women claiming to experience s ...
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Journal ArticleThe Psychiatric clinics of North America · March 1989
The emotional consequences of victimization are believed to be mediated in part by the social context in which the abuse experience occurs. For selected "special populations" of women, subgroup membership is examined as a risk factor for victimization and ...
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Journal ArticleThe Psychiatric clinics of North America · March 1989
Psychiatric symptoms after childbearing tend to arrange themselves into well-defined patterns or syndromes. When these syndromes are examined, each is found to have unique qualities and unique hazards. Confusion occurs in all syndromes. Many postpartum sym ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology · January 1, 1989
The treatment of psychiatric illness after childbearing suffers from lack of a terminology which reflects the characteristics of syndromes which should be identified. Unique qualities of these syndromes provide therapeutic indications which are likely to b ...
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Journal ArticleThe American journal of psychiatry · August 1987
Six women with primary hyperprolactinemia (mean prolactin level, 50 ng/ml) were matched with six normal women on eight factors influencing life style. Observers blind to endocrine status followed the subjects weekly for 10 weeks. Patients took bromocriptin ...
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Journal ArticleCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · February 1979
This paper describes the experiences of seven women mental health professionals who met in a leaderless group over a period of a year and a half. There is a discussion of the conflicts for women in four major areas--competition, dependency needs, economic ...
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