CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS TO ASSESS WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH: SELF-REPORT QUESTIONNAIRES IN COMMON PERINATAL MENTAL DISORDERS

O uso de escalas na prática clínica é bastante conhecido e pode ser útil quando os instrumentos são utilizados como parte do processo de avaliação diagnóstica, na identificação da presença ou ausência de um determinado transtorno, no monitoramento do progresso terapêutico e na quantificação e documentação da gravidade de determinados sintomas. O período perinatal pode estar associado a desfechos adversos e impactar de maneira negativa a saúde mental das mulheres. Embora existam poucos instrumentos especificamente desenvolvidos para essa subpopulação, há uma uma crescente tendência em se afirmar que o monitoramento cuidadoso e contínuo de sintomas e condições psiquiátricas prevalentes nesse período através de questionários de autoavaliação pode trazer benefícios na tomada de decisão ou busca de acompanhamento especializado e precoce, quando necessário.

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The plight of women in Iraq: Gender disparity, violence, and mental health

International Journal of Social Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/00207640211003602 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002076402110036

Author(s):

Maha Sulaiman Younis ◽

Riyadh Khudhiar Lafta

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Gender Inequality ◽

Social Role ◽

Gender Disparity ◽

Women’S Mental Health ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Women's Mental Health ◽

Internal Conflicts ◽

Gender Based

Background: Generations of women living in Iraq endured three major regional wars and internal conflicts, which weakened their psychological vulnerability and social role by poverty, displacements, and loss of their beloved ones. The available literature about women’s mental health is scarce and does not signify the gender inequality and gender disparity of mental disorders. Method: During 1st August to October 2020, we explored the search engines: Google Scholar, Pub-Med, Medline, and Clarivate using keywords of Iraq, gender inequality, women’s mental health, violence, and conflict, mental disorders, gender-based violence, etc. From 1792 research items, 64 articles were scrutinized for this study. We selected the most relevant studies with some available documents excluding data bout Immigrant women outside Iraq and reports from foreign military sources. Finding: Women living in Iraq have struggled for equality and empowerment since the 20th century. For the last four decades, successive wars, economic sanction, gender-based violence, and internal conflicts have affected their development endeavors. The 2003 US-led invasion caused a loss of lives, destruction of infrastructure, and forced displacement for tens of thousands of civilians, including women and children. These atrocities increased women’s vulnerability to develop or worsen the existing mental disorders. This review tries to attract world attention to women’s situations in Iraq.

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Interventions in the Health and Non-health Sectors Aimed at Promoting Mental Health

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.076 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S8-S8

Author(s):

H. Herrman

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Human Rights ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Early Intervention ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Women’S Mental Health ◽

Women's Mental Health ◽

Primary Health ◽

The Impact

The impact of social determinants on women's mental health is becoming clearer worldwide. Poverty, violence and communal insecurity are among the main challenges to women's mental health and the health of their families. Depression is one of the most common mental disorders experienced by women. It typically has an early onset in life and is more frequently found in women made vulnerable by trauma.Improving mental health for women and girls requires early intervention for depression and other mental disorders; with gender sensitive clinical care and support for recovery in primary health care, and mother, child and reproductive health settings. Early intervention in primary health care and collaboration with patients and family carers encourage integration of mental health with the health care system, in turn protective of human rights.In addition, gender equity and observance of human rights need to be embedded in policy and practice in health and non-health sectors to ensure that women's mental health is promoted and mental illnesses adequately prevented and treated. Effective promotion of mental health and prevention of mental disorders is possible in countries of all income levels.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.

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