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Donna E. Stewart, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., is University Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anesthesia, Surgery, Medicine, and Family and Community Medicine, and Chair in Women's Health of the University Health Network at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Organized for ease of use by today's busy mental health clinicians, Menopause: A Mental Health Practitioner's Guide describes the latest knowledge and clinical recommendations associated with menopause in a single, concise guide that is clearly written and comprehensive in scope.

The editor has brought together the current work of 14 internationally recognized menopause experts in psychiatry, neuroscience, gynecology, and internal medicine. After an introductory chapter sets the contexts of midlife in women, subsequent chapters describe the basic physiology of the menopausal transition and menopause; the effects of gonadal hormones on the central nervous system; depression, anxiety, and irritability during the menopausal transition and midlife; new research findings and clinical advice about the effect of gonadal hormones and menopause on psychotic illness in women; and the medical and gynecologic aspects of perimenopause and menopause. The concluding chapter looks beyond menopause to the psychopathology and psychotherapy of older women in various cultures.

The timely information contained in Menopause: A Mental Health Practitioner's Guide will prove invaluable in helping mental health professionals to formulate current, best understanding and treatment for the psychological problems that some women experience as they traverse perimenopause and menopause.

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Organized for ease of use by today's busy mental health clinicians, Menopause: A Mental Health Practitioner's Guide describes the latest knowledge and clinical recommendations associated with menopause in a single, concise guide that is clearly written and comprehensive in scope.

The editor has brought together the current work of 14 internationally recognized menopause experts in psychiatry, neuroscience, gynecology, and internal medicine. After an introductory chapter sets the contexts of midlife in women, subsequent chapters describe the basic physiology of the menopausal transition and menopause; the effects of gonadal hormones on the central nervous system; depression, anxiety, and irritability during the menopausal transition and midlife; new research findings and clinical advice about the effect of gonadal hormones and menopause on psychotic illness in women; and the medical and gynecologic aspects of perimenopause and menopause. The concluding chapter looks beyond menopause to the psychopathology and psychotherapy of older women in various cultures.

The timely information contained in Menopause: A Mental Health Practitioner's Guide will prove invaluable in helping mental health professionals to formulate current, best understanding and treatment for the psychological problems that some women experience as they traverse perimenopause and menopause.