Free Psychology Books: Psychiatric Illness in Women by Lewis-Hall et al.

Psychiatric Illness in Women by Lewis-Hall et al.

 

Anxiety is considered a normal coping response, and for a person without an anxiety disorder, it can provide a means of arousal in response to a possible dangerous or unfamiliar situation. Symptoms such as increased heart rate, nervousness, and tension are included in this heightened awareness, and this sharpened attentiveness can lead to a positive outcome to the situation, such as being astute during a job interview. In contrast, anxiety disorders have negative effects on individuals, which can keep them from being able to cope with everyday life because of intense arousal in inappropriate situations. This illness of the nervous system is the most common type of mental disorder, with 15%–20% of the human population having some type of anxiety disorder. Additionally, sex differences have been found among anxiety disorders, with most of these disorders being more prevalent in women than in men. In this part, the authors review sex differences in panic disorder and agoraphobia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse disorder associated with posttraumatic stress disorder. Although panic disorder with or without agoraphobia is more common in women than in men, the profile of symptoms does not differ between the sexes. A discussion of factors that affect women with panic disorder and comorbid psychiatric and medical disorders is presented within the first two chapters of this part. Included in this discussion are details about the effect of the reproductive life cycle, psychosocial variables, and treatment variables. The third chapter includes recent epidemiological studies showing that women are affected by posttraumatic stress disorder more than men are,.........

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