Preventing Misdiagnosis of Women is a crucial resource for all
therapists who treat women. Not only will the information further
the well-being of women clients, but it could literally save lives.
Interesting, readable, and well-organized, this book belongs on the
shelf next to the DSM-IV. The case examples will grip the reader
whether professional or lay audience. --Natalie Porter, Ph.D.,
California School of Professional Psychology "I am greatly
impressed with the book. It is a brand new idea, one that is long
overdue." --Hannah Lerman, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Los
Angeles Some clients don't respond to a therapist's chosen
treatment for a specific mental disorder. Could there be a physical
disorder that is causing psychiatric symptoms? How can a therapist
distinguish between similar psychiatric and physical disorders to
arrive at the correct diagnosis, refer on, and/or suggest
appropriate treatment? Preventing Misdiagnosis of Women gives the
therapist the foundation for identifying those physiological
disorders that may be at the root of the mental problems presented
by women clients. Hyperthyroidism, for example, can result in
depression and anxiety, and temporal lobe epilepsy can manifest
itself with the same symptoms as bipolar disorder. This special
guidebook sorts out potential mix-ups by providing detailed cases
and illustrations, a quick reference table for checking symptoms,
and a glossary. Making technical information clear and concise, the
authors cover endocrinological--including thyroid, adrenal,
pituitary, and parathyroid systems--and brain seizure problems as
well as other diseases--such as multiple sclerosis, mitral heart
valve prolapse, and lupus erythematosus. They offer a basic
overview of the systems and organs involved and focus on how
particular malfunctions can result in serious behavioral problems.
A guide to providing the best and most effective care to women
clients, Preventing Misdiagnosis of Women presents important
information about assessment and interfacing with medical
professionals. All mental health and helping professionals will
find this book invaluable, as will students in clinical/counseling
psychology, health psychology, social work, and gender studies.
"This book is informative and interesting to read. This is a text
that can be read more than once and be that much more helpful in
subsequent readings. . . . Preventing Misdiagnosis of Women will
certainly have an impact on feminist assessment, theory, and
therapy. In a broader context, it provides a foundation to spawn
research hypotheses on women's health and to reconnect the mind and
body. Written accessibly even for reader without a background in
physiological psychology, it fills a gap in the clinical and
counseling literature. This text has far-reaching implications
about the origin of psychiatric symptoms and possibly for
explaining some differential rates in sex ratios for prevalence of
certain psychologically based clinical syndromes. I found the text
a humbling reminder of how easy it can be to miss the obvious and
how easy it can be to attribute psychological explanations to
symptom clusters one doesn't understand. This book could easily
become a 'required' text for graduate students in mental health
professions and mental health professionals. . . . This text will
undoubtedly have an impact." --Maria P. P. Root, Ph.D., University
of Washington "Preventing Misdiagnosis of Women is very good and
will make an important contribution to the field. . . . The book's
message--that it is critical that differential diagnosis include
consideration of both psychiatric disorders--is convincing and
important to emphasize to students in graduate programs." --Helene
Jackson, Ph.D., The Columbia University School of Social Work
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