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- Provides appropriate gender specific treatment and management of many neurologic and psychiatric diseases including stroke, depression, headache, conversion disorders, neuromuscular disorders, pituitary disease, Alzheimer’s and epilepsy
- Addresses the unique neurologic and psychiatric issues across a women’s life span
- Provides high-quality integrated information and education based on leading-edge research on gender-specific care
This comprehensive resource covers a range of women’s health issues and their intersection with neurologic and psychiatric disease. Chapters feature high quality, integrated information based on leading-edge research on gender-specific care and are grouped by reproductive years, pregnancy and health, and aging. Emerging science regarding sex differences in neurological and psychiatric illnesses, including anxiety, reproductive health, conversion disorders, depression and ethical issues in pregnancy, stroke risk factors, and successful aging strategies are covered along with clinical application of this knowledge to the delivery of care. In addition, in those medical problems that afflict both men and women, authors will point out the different risks, prevalence, presentations, and responses to treatments or outcomes in women. Written by renowned experts in the field, this textbook will thoroughly address the educational needs of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in the areas of neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, and obstetrics and expanding their understanding of concerns unique to female patients. Table of Contents- Women and Migraine
- Connective Tissue Disorders in Women
- Functional Neurological Disorder and Dissociative Disorders in Women
- Contraception in Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders
- Neuroendocrine Disorders in Women
- Somatoform Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Neuro-inflammatory Disorders in Women
- Catamenial Epilepsy
- Neuro-oncological Disorders in Women
- Substance Use Disorders in Women
- Neurologic Imaging in Pregnancy
- The Normal Physiology of Pregnancy: Neurological Implications
- Epilepsy and Pregnancy
- Headaches in Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Stroke in Pregnancy
- Demyelinating Disease and Pregnancy
- Mood Disorders in Pregnancy
- Postpartum Neuropathy
- Myasthenia Gravis and Pregnancy
- Ethical Decisions in Pregnancy
- Menopausal Hot Flashes, Sleep and Mood Disturbances
- Stroke Risk Factors in Women
- Gender Differences in Parkinson’s Disease
- Sex-Related Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease
- Successful Aging
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