Cover -- Published titles in this series -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Reference -- 1. Diagnosis and management of psychological problems -- Introduction -- General principles of assessment -- Diagnostic categories -- PSYCHOSIS -- AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS -- SUICIDE AND DELIBERATE SELF-HARM -- ANXIETY -- POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER -- PERSONALITY DISORDERS -- ACUTE ORGANIC BRAIN REACTION (DELIRIUM OR CONFUSIONAL STATE) -- DIETING DISORDERS -- General principles of treatment -- PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND DRUG TREATMENT -- DRUG USE IN PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING -- PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS -- Psychological approaches -- INFORMATION-BASED METHODS -- COUNSELLING -- NONDIRECTIVE COUNSELLING -- COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH -- SOCIAL NETWORK BEHAVIOUR THERAPY -- FAMILY THERAPY -- MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING -- Delivery of services: monitoring, review and coordination -- BREAKING THE CYCLE -- KEY POINTS -- Reference -- 2. Basic science -- Neuroanatomy -- HYPOTHALAMUS -- THE LIMBIC SYSTEM -- Neurochemistry -- THE OPIATE SYSTEM AND THE HYPOTHALAMOPITUITARY-OVARY AXIS -- GONADAL STEROID HORMONES AND THE SEROTONERGIC SYSTEM -- THE DOPAMINE SYSTEM -- THE GABA SYSTEM -- References -- 3. The menarche -- Introduction -- Puberty -- Aetiological factors related to mood disorders in female adolescents -- PUBERTAL STATUS -- PUBERTAL TIMING -- PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSORS -- FAMILY PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY AND GENETIC FACTORS -- HORMONES AND NEUROMODULATORS -- RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS -- Management -- References -- 4. The menstrual cycle -- Introduction -- Premenstrual syndrome -- DEFINITION -- PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER -- AETIOLOGY OF PMS/PMDD -- DIAGNOSIS -- MANAGEMENT -- MANAGEMENT OF PMDD -- PREMENSTRUAL EXACERBATION -- Functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea -- References -- 5. Psychological aspects of infertility and its management -- Introduction.

Effect of fertility treatment on stress, anxiety and depression -- Effect of stress, anxiety and depression -- Counselling -- References -- 6. Pregnancy and the puerperium -- Pregnancy loss -- MISCARRIAGE -- TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY -- LATE PREGNANCY LOSS -- Pseudocyesis -- Postpartum psychiatric disorders -- MATERNITY BLUES -- POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION -- POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS -- AETIOLOGY OF POSTPARTUM PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS -- ROLE OF OESTROGEN IN POSTPARTUM PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS -- Psychopharmocological treatment during pregnancy -- References -- Appendix 6.1. -- Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale -- 7. Eating Disorders -- Anorexia nervosa -- INVESTIGATIONS -- COMPLICATIONS OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA -- MANAGEMENT OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA -- Bulimia nervosa -- COMPLICATIONS OF BULIMIA NERVOSA -- MANAGEMENT OF BULIMIA NERVOSA -- Obesity and mood disorders -- References -- Appendix 7.1 DSM-IV Diagnostic criteria -- Anorexia nervosa -- Bulimia nervosa -- 8. Menopause and perimenopause -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Mood disorders and the menopause -- Aetiology of perimenopausal and menopausal mood disorders -- FLUCTUATION IN OESTROGEN LEVELS -- HYPOTHYROIDISM -- DECLINING ANDROGENS -- Hormone replacement therapy and psychological symptoms -- Hormone replacement therapy and libido -- Alternatives to oestrogen preparations and mood disorders -- References -- 9. Substance use disorders -- Epidemiology -- Diagnostic terms -- The assessment process -- Substance misuse in pregnancy -- ALCOHOL MISUSE -- NICOTINE MISUSE -- ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE MISUSE -- Treatment -- WHEN PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS ARE REQUIRED -- REASONS WHY INTERVENTIONS ARE NOT OFFERED AND SOUGHT -- COORDINATION OF THE CARE PACKAGE -- BASIC ISSUES AROUND PREGNANCY -- CONTROLLED TRIALS IN PREGNANCY -- Psychosocial interventions -- BRIEF INTERVENTIONS -- ABSTINENCE OR HARM-REDUCTION GOALS.

ABSTINENCE AS THE GOAL -- Specialist treatment interventions and settings -- TREATMENT DOES WORK, AND AN OPTIMISTIC APPROACH IS WARRANTED -- A model of a pregnant drug users' service -- Summary -- References -- 10. Other disorders -- Sexual dysfunction -- TYPES OF SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS -- TREATMENT -- Psycho-oncology -- EFFECT OF STRESS AND DEPRESSION ON CANCER DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION -- PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF CANCER AND ITS TREATMENT -- Psychological disorders in the elderly -- References -- Further reading -- National organisations and support groups -- Index.