Women's mental health worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact women disproportionately and has exacerbated women’s vulnerability. Research has demonstrated that mental illness can affect women differently due to biological, cultural, and societal factors. It’s time we recognize that mental health treatment must be tailored to women in order to address underlying factors that adversely affect women’s health and functioning.
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Women's Mental Health in the Times of Covid-19 Pandemic
Even if the fatality rate has been twice higher for men than for women, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected women more than men, both as frontline workers and at home.
See the Full ArticleStudy Finds Sex Differences in Mental Illness
When it comes to mental illness, the sexes are different: Women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety or depression, while men tend toward substance abuse or antisocial disorders...
See the Full ArticleWomen’s Mental Health: Depression and Anxiety
Sex ratios for selected mental disorders such as major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder are much higher in women than men.
See the Full ArticleInequality and Women's Mental Health
Over the last decade far-reaching changes have taken place in our beliefs and expectations about women’s roles and identities in the contexts of work, family, and community.
See the Full ArticleGender and Mental Health
Gender-Neutral Mental Health Research is Sex and Gender Biased
Few would disagree that sex is of relevance in understanding and treating mental disorders, but there seems to be less consensus...
See the Full ArticleIntroduction: Gender-Specific Issues Relative to Mental Illness
Researchers and clinicians have recently become more interested in sex and gender differences in mental disorders.
See the Full ArticleWomen and Mental Health
Mental disorders can affect women and men differently. Some disorders are more common in women such as depression and anxiety. There are also certain types of disorders that are unique to women.
See the Full ArticleUnderstanding Mental Health Over a Woman’s Lifetime
One of the most pressing issues in health care today is mental health. Unique issues related to the mental health of girls and women are of particular importance.
See the Full ArticleMen, Women, and Differing Responses to Stress
Stress affects people in several ways—it activates adrenaline and other hormones, the nervous system and immune system.
See the Full ArticleGender and Women’s Mental Health
Mental illness is associated with a significant burden of morbidity and disability. Lifetime prevalence rates for any kind of psychological disorder are higher than previously thought...
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Working with Women Patients
Research shows there are significant biological differences between males and females with regard to anatomy, physiology, and metabolism.
See the Full ArticleStress & Trauma Toolkit for Treating Women in a Changing Political and Social Environment
Bias against women has been documented for centuries around the globe, including in American culture specifically.
See the Full ArticleDevelopment of A Gender-Sensitive and Recovery-Oriented Intervention
A pilot study was conducted to develop and provide a formative evaluation of a group intervention for women with serious mental illness, Women's Empowerment and Recovery-Oriented Care (WE-ROC).
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A Mental Health Crisis is Looming – And Women Are Most At Risk
In general, women suffer from depression and anxiety more than men, and the statistics during the current pandemic are no exception.
See the Full ArticleThe Pandemic Is Worsening Mental Health for Women, Middle-Aged Adults, A New Survey Finds
For months, experts have warned about the prospect of an entirely different threat unleashed by the coronavirus: a mental health crisis that could sweep the country.
See the Full ArticleCovid-19 and Women’s Mental Health: The Impact on Wellbeing, Disparities, and Future Implications
The Coronavirus, first declared as a global pandemic on March 11th, 2020, has impacted millions of individuals in a variety of ways.
See the Full ArticleMental Health Got Worse During Covid-19, Especially For Women, New Survey Shows
In the face of unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression, the Covid-19 pandemic has been good for at least one thing: reducing traditional taboos about mental health.
See the Full ArticleThe Coronavirus Pandemic’s Outsized Effect on Women’s Mental Health Around the World
COVID-19 is a devilishly versatile disease, attacking all manner of body systems and doing all manner of damage—to the lungs, the heart, the liver, the kidneys.
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Women More Likely to Experience Depression, Anxiety, New CDC Data Shows
Before the COVID-19 pandemic pushed systemic inequalities and unprecedented stress levels to a breaking point, a crisis in American mental health already loomed.
See the Full ArticlePregnancy-Related Depression
It is a common belief that pregnancy is an event that women have planned and looked forward to for months, if not years. In fact, half of all pregnancies are unplanned.
See the Full ArticleNew Recommendations May Help Prevent Depression in New Mothers
Perinatal depression refers to depression that occurs during pregnancy or following childbirth.
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Fertility & Mental Health
Infertility is perceived as a problem across virtually all cultures and societies and affects an estimated 10%-15% of couples of reproductive age.
See the Full ArticleLetting Go During Infertility
The autumn air was unmistakably crisp on the morning of my beta hCG test. I was surprisingly awake in the pre-dawn hours, jitters in my stomach as I drove on highways coming to life with the flurry of morning commuters.
See the Full ArticleAn Investigation of the Effects of Infertility on Women’s Quality of Life: A Case-Control Study
In the face of unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression, the Covid-19 pandemic has been good for at least one thing: reducing traditional taboos about mental health.
See the Full ArticleThe Coronavirus Pandemic’s Outsized Effect on Women’s Mental Health Around the World
COVID-19 is a devilishly versatile disease, attacking all manner of body systems and doing all manner of damage—to the lungs, the heart, the liver, the kidneys.
See the Full ArticleEating Disorders
Eating Disorder, Weigh-Shaming and “Clean” Eating
Eating disorders affect all kinds of people: women, men, young and old and from all racial and ethnic backgrounds.
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Eating disorders are behavioral conditions characterized by severe and persistent disturbance in eating behaviors and associated distressing thoughts and emotions.
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When you become so preoccupied with food and weight issues that you find it harder and harder to focus on other aspects of your life, it may be an early sign of an eating disorder.
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Eating disorders are serious, biologically influenced medical illnesses marked by severe disturbances to one’s eating behaviors.
See the Full ArticleTreatment for Anorexia and Bulimia
Family therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy can help individuals overcome two common eating disorders.
See the Full ArticleViolence Against Women
In-Focus: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
Nearly 1 in 3 women have been abused in their lifetime. In times of crises, the numbers rise, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic and recent humanitarian crises, conflicts and climate disasters.
See the Full ArticleThe Psychological Effects of Sexual Assault
A sexual assault experienced by either you or a loved one can evoke a variety of reactions. To avoid confusion about what can be called a sexual assault, the U.S.
See the Full ArticleMeasuring the Shadow of Pandemic: Violence Against Women During Covid-19
Emerging data from a new UN Women study confirms that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a shadow pandemic of violence against women
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