List of Tables and Figures

Foreword

Elaine (Hilberman) Carmen

Patricia Perri Rieker

Preface

PART I: SERVICES DELIVERY ISSUES

1. Organization and Services Delivery

Andrea K. Blanch

Bruce Lubotsky Levin

2. Gender Differences in the Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services

Anne Rhodes

Paula Goering

3. Women and Outpatient Mental Health Services: Use by Black, Hispanic, and White Women in a National Insured Population

Deborah K. Padgett

Cathleen Patrick Harman

Barbara J. Burns

Herbert J. Schlesinger

4. Great Expectations: Challenges for Women as Mental Health Administrators

Susan D. Scheidt

5. Disparities in Data Collection on Women's Issues in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Communities

Sandra L. Forquer

Pamela McDonnell

6. Independent Community Living Among Women With Severe Mental Illness: A Comparison With Outcomes Among Men

Judith A. Cook

PART II: SPECIAL ISSUES OF EMPOWERMENT, SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS AND SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA, AND AT-RISK POPULATIONS

Section A. Empowerment

7. Empowerment and Women's Mental Health Services

Coni Kalinowski

Darby Penney

8. Home Making and Community Building: Notes on Empowerment and Place

Priscilla Ridgway

Alexa Simpson

Friedner D. Wittman

Gary Wheeler

Section B. Severe Mental Illness and Survivors of Trauma

9. Women With Severe Mental Disorders: Issues and Service Needs

Carol T. Mowbray

Daphna Oyserman

Daniel Saunders

Alba Rueda-Riedle

10. Parents With Severe Mental Illness and Their Children: The Need for Human Services Integration

Andrea K. Blanch

Joanne Nicholson

James Purcell

11. Trauma, Addiction, and Recovery: Addressing Public Health Epidemics Among Women With Severe Mental Illness

Mary Jane Alexander

Kristina Muenzenmaier

12. Impact of the Law on Women With Diagnoses of Borderline Personality Disorder Related to Childhood Sexual Abuse

Susan Stefan

13. Abuse Histories, Severe Mental Illness, and the Cost of Care

Joy Perkins Newmann

Dianne Greenley

J.K. Sweeney

Gillian Van Dien

14. Modifications in Services Delivery and Clinical Treatment for Women Diagnosed With Severe Mental Illness Who Are Also Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trauma

Maxine Harris

15. On Being Invisible in the Mental Health System

Ann Jennings

16. From Chaos to Sanctuary: Trauma-Based Treatment for Women in a State Hospital System

Lyndra J. Bills

Sandra L. Bloom

Section C. At-Risk Populations

17. Specific Needs of Women Diagnosed With Mental Illnesses in U.S. Jails

Bonita M. Veysey

18. Risk Factors and Resilience: Mental Health Needs and Services Use of Older Women

Deborah K. Padgett

Barbara J. Burns

Lois A. Grau

Author Index

Subject Index

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