IN THIS ISSUE: Challenging the Gender Role Message – Examining the Gender Bias – Substance Abuse: Is It Masking the Pain?
Vol. 15, No. 1
In This Issue
Editorial: Defing Our Focus
Focusing on Women’s Mental Health
The leading cause of disability for women in our society, as many as one in four women will seek help for a mental health problem during their lifetime.
Challenging the Gender Role Message
Identifying factors that are often overlooked in the understanding and treatment of mental health problems in women is one of the mandates of the Women’s Mental Health Programme. Dr. Brenda Toner discusses the role that gender role messages play in care programs for women.
Examining the Gender Bias
The physiology and social conditioning of women has an effect both on the way they may react to medication and on the course of the illness itself. Dr. Mary Seeman examines the different ways in which men and women are affected by schizophrenia.
Substance Abuse: Is it Masking the Pain?
Do mental health problems become a trigger that can push women into developing an addiction, or does an addiction pave the way for poor mental health? Gloria Chaim debates the issue.
Putting Aside the Mask: One Woman’s Personal Journey
Social Policy
Women’s issues in mental health.