Book Review: Psychological Aspects of Women's Health Care: The Interface between Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2nd Edition

Abstract

Reviews the second edition of the book "Psychological Aspects of Women's Health Care: The Interface Between Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology," edited by Nada L. Stotland and Donna E. Stewart (see record 2001-06595-001). The book is organized into three sections with specific women's health themes of pregnancy, gynecology, and general issues. The first section covering pregnancy includes chapters that address normal and complicated pregnancies, psychiatric disorders during and after pregnancy and their treatment, as well as adolescent pregnancy, fetal anomalies, and perinatal loss. The second section includes chapters that address gynecological issues over the life-span including menstruation, infertility, abortion, menopause, medical and surgical treatment of gynecological disorders including pain and HIV. The third section is a catchall of remaining topics that don't fit well into earlier sections and range from a psychodynamic perspective on reproductive choices, to women and violence. There are chapters included in this section addressing eating disorders, breast development and breast cancer, substance abuse as an issue in obstetrical and gynecological practice, health care concerns of lesbians, and ethics of women's health care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)