Gender-sensitive mental health care

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-111

  Judd, Fiona ^a   Armstrong, Sue ^c   Kulkarni, Jayashri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Monash/Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre ^*  (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Mental health; Mental health care

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RALOXIFENE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABUSE; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BREAST CANCER; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FAMILY RELATION; GALACTORRHEA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INFERTILITY; MANIA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOMNOLENCE; VIOLENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ADDICTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NEW ZEALAND; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 67650318166     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560802596108     Document Type: Article

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