Abstract
This article focuses on books offering information or self-help programmes and memoirs of women’s experiences of mental disorder and the help they have received. We are a psychiatrist with an interest in women’s mental health and a health professional who experienced severe mental illness
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This article focuses on books offering information or self-help programmes and memoirs of women’s experiences of mental disorder and the help they have received
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Summary
This article focuses on books offering information or self-help programmes and memoirs of women’s experiences of mental disorder and the help they have received. Most available books focus on anxiety and depressive disorders. Overcoming Panic Disorder: A Woman’s Guide (Weinstock & Gilman, 1998) describes the stories of four women and provides information about available help and how to access it.
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