Women and Psychiatric Treatment provides a practical guide to the challenge of preserving fairness in access and quality of provision of health care and argues that equity is only achievable through greater recognition of gender differences

Henderson, S. Smith, C. Smith, Stevens, Preface. Caldicott, Foreword. Henderson, S. Smith, C. Smith, Stevens, Introduction. Part I: The Background. Cutting, The Problem with Psychiatry - A Woman’s Perspective. Part II: Treatment Settings. Buszewicz, Burd, Looking After Patients With Mental Health Problems in a Primary Care Setting. Johnson, Community and Out-patient Services for Women. Kohen, McNicholas, Beaumont, Inpatient Psychiatric Services for Women. Travers, Treatment of Women in Forensic Settings. Part III: Treatment of Particular Groups. Seneviratne, Conroy, Motherhood and Mental Illness. Sheehan, Treatment of Elderly Women. S. Smith, Treatment of Women from Other Cultures. Part IV: Specific Disorders. Howard, The Psychoses. Palazidou, Depressive Illness. Wilson-Jones, Anxiety and Somatoform Disorders. Todd, Treating Women With Eating Disorders. Marshall, Treating Women With Alcohol Problems. Bearn, Treating Women with Drug Addiction. Erskine, Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Mostyn, Treatment of Psychosexual Problems. Part V: Managing the Sequelae of Trauma. C. Smith, Management of the Sequelae of Childhood Trauma. Schmidt, G. Cox, C. Cox, Management of Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH) and Parasuicide. Part VI: Therapies. S. Smith, Henderson, Biological Therapies. Majid, Dynamic Psychotherapy. Williams, Cognitive- Behavioural Therapy. Evans, Complementary Therapies. Henderson, S. Smith, C. Smith,. Stevens, Part VII: The Future: Implications for Training, Research and Service Provision.