Mary Angela O’Neal - Neurology and Psychiatry of Women: A Guide to Gender-based Issues in Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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The need to understand how neurologic and psychiatric disorders are different in women is important to appropriately care for female patients. There is a vast amount of knowledge about how sex affects disease incidence, course, and treatment, as well as how drugs and disease interact with reproductive health, pregnancy, and menopause. Yet many practitioners only have a limited understanding of these important concerns. Further, there is no single text which provides this critical information. This book was written for all providers who take care of women with these conditions to provide sex-appropriate care guidelines.

Many providers think that womens issues in medicine only relate to pregnancy. In fact, gender concerns are important throughout a womans life. Of course, the factors important to consider vary as to where patients are in their life cycle. For example, to understand stroke risk in women, a history regarding pregnancy-related disorders such as preeclampsia/eclampsia and gestational diabetes is essential.

I wanted to assemble a comprehensive textbook that reflects the significant issues as regards both neurologic and psychiatric disorders spanning a womans life including reproductive health, pregnancy, and healthy aging. Each chapter is written by experts in their field to give practical up-to-date advice about some of the considerations to best address our female patients health. I hope you enjoy reading the book.