Women's Reproductive Mental Health Across the Lifespan

"This outstanding collection of work is an important, timely, and much needed resource. Dr. Diana Lynn Barnes has been instrumental in bringing attention to the needs of perinatal women for decades. In Women's Reproductive Health Across the Lifespan, she brilliantly unites the medical world of reproductive life events with the psychiatric and psychological world of mental health issues associated with them. Her expertise, combined with contributions by distinguished leaders in the field, create a volume of work that should be studied carefully by every medical and mental health provider who works with women."

- Karen Kleiman, MSW, The Postpartum Stress Center, Author of Therapy and the Postpartum Woman

"Finally, a book that addresses the entire scope of women¿s reproductive mental health spanning the gamut from puberty to menopause. The list of chapter contributors reads like a whös who of international experts. Unique to this book is its focus on the interaction of genetics, hormonal fluctuations, and the social environment. It is