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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Offers an interdisciplinary look at the challenges and potency of Black women's struggle for inner peace and mental stability. This collection brings together contributors from psychology, sociology, law, and medicine, as well as the humanities, to discuss issues ranging from stress, sexual assault, healing, self-care, and contemplative practice to health-policy considerations and parenting. Merging theory and practice with personal narratives and...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Creates a new framework for approaching Black women's wellness, by merging theory and practice with both personal narratives and public policy. This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful look at the challenges and potency of Black women's struggle for inner peace and mental stability. It brings together contributors from psychology, sociology, law, and medicine, as well as the humanities, to discuss issues ranging from stress, sexual...
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Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
20240507
Language
English
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"Over the past decade, mood disorders have skyrocketed among women, who are twice as likely to be diagnosed as men. ... In a healthcare system steeped in gender bias, women's complaints are often dismissed, their normal emotions are pathologized, and treatments routinely fail to address the root causes of their distress. Women living at the crossroads of racial, economic, and other identities face additional barriers. How can we pinpoint what's wrong...
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Series
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
More than 40 million people in the US suffer from mental health problems--yet less than half receive adequate care and treatment. Even in the 21st century with the most advanced medical care in the world, social stigma still surrounds psychiatric problems, and this, combined with a lack of understanding, perpetuates a national mental health crisis affecting those in need and their families. Ignoring and/or being unaware of a problem can have devastating...
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Though the pandemic increased the visibility of our whole selves, making virtual vulnerability a more regular workplace occurrence, stigma surrounding mental illness remains. It's easy to ask for time off when you break a leg; it's difficult to share with your boss and colleagues if you're suffering a depressive episode. And, how do those conversations go if you're the boss? You want to say and do the right thing to support your people and your organization-and...
6) A radical guide for women with ADHD: embrace neurodiversity, live boldly, and break through barriers
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Language
English
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Description
Live boldly as a woman with ADHD! This radical guide will show you how to cultivate your individual strengths, honor your neurodiversity, and learn to communicate with confidence and clarity. A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD is the first guided workbook for women with ADHD designed to break the cycle of negative self-talk and shame-based narratives that stem from the common and limiting belief that brain differences are character flaws. In this...
7) Stronger than BPD: the girl's guide to taking control of intense emotions, drama & chaos using DBT
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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
10) 100 questions & answers about attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) in women and girls
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Publisher
Jones & Bartlett Learning
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"She's only a number now. When Charlotte Smith's wealthy parents commit her beloved sister Phoebe to the infamous Goldengrove Asylum, Charlotte knows there's more to the story than madness. She risks everything and follows her sister inside, surrendering her real identity as a privileged young lady of San Francisco society to become a nameless inmate, Woman 99. The longer she stays, the more she realizes that many of the women of Goldengrove aren't...
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Marita Golden, a prominent interviewee of Oprah Winfrey, wrote this mental and physical health guide for women to learn who they are, to set healthy boundaries, and to jump into health related fitness practices to balance out their daily lives."--
14) Constantly
Author
Publisher
Koyama Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A poetic meditation rendered in beautiful pastels and black line on managing and struggling to get through the small tasks of every day. The claustrophobia of thought and the crippling of anxiety make any house haunted, any body possessed."--Amazon.com.
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English
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"Alejandra no longer knows who she is. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her. Nor can they see what Alejandra sees. In times of despair, a ghostly vision appears to her, the apparition of a crying woman in a ragged white gown. When Alejandra visits a therapist, she begins...
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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For women with anxiety, depression, and trauma, each day can feel like a battle. Using a unique blend of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and "superhero therapy," this one-of-a-kind guide helps women explore and process painful experiences, rewrite their "origin stories," and use mindfulness and self-compassion to tap into their own unique superpowers for lasting healing"--
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Introduction to conference, introduction to first speaker, Dr. White. Dr. White discusses the stigma of obesity in women. She also discusses the gender differences in obesity between men & women and the damage done by the media. Lastly, she discusses the rise of bulimia in America and negative body image. Introduction from Alice for Mary Anne Walters. Ms. Walters discusses mental health & double standards placed on mothers. Q&A session is cut...
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Publisher
Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In Sisters of the Yam, bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be impacted by sexism and racism. Desiring to create a context where black females could both work on their individual efforts for self-actualization while remaining connected to a larger world of collective struggle, Hooks articulates the link between self-recovery and political resistance. Both an expression of the joy of...
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Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Ally Moberly, a recently qualified doctor, never expected to marry until she met Tom Cavendish. Only weeks into their marriage, Tom sets out for Japan, leaving Ally as she begins work at the Truro Asylum in Cornwall. Horrified by the brutal attitudes of male doctors and nurses toward their female patients, Ally plunges into the institutional politics of women's mental health at a time when madness is only just being imagined as treatable. She has...
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