Anxiety Disorders and Gender

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stein, Dan J. (Editor), Vythilingum, Bavi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Psychiatry.; Sociology.; Psychology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Medicine & Public Health.; Psychology, general.; Gender Studies.

Anxiety and related disorders are common conditions that disproportionately affect women. In this book, the epidemiology,  psychobiology, diagnosis, evaluation, pharmacotherapy, and psychotherapy of major anxiety and related disorders are examined with special reference to the effects of gender and...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Donna Stewart (Toronto) and Helen Herman (Australia)
• Introduction
• Generalised Anxiety Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Social Anxiety Disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive and Related Disorders
• Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
• Anxiety disorders during pregnancy and lactation
• Anxiety and related disorders in women
• Anxiety and related disorders in men.