Brain disorders and mental diseases, in particular, are common and considered as a top
global health challenge for the twenty-first century. Interestingly, women suffer more …

It is now well known that significant anatomical and functional differences exist between
male and female brains (eg, Becker et al. 2007). Many sex differences with respect to mental …

Accepted: 31 March 2017/Published online: 7 April 2017© Springer-Verlag Berlin
Heidelberg 2017 sex-specific variance was identified in various biological functions which …

From the time of conception and until old age, sex and gender shape humans in a multitude
of ways, leading to marked gender differences across most mental disorders. Women have …

For most of its history, medicine has been male oriented. Doctors, research subjects, and
patients were nearly all men, and medication dosages were considered to be" one size fits …

Great progress has been gained in women's health and wellbeing in the last century. Since
the 1900, important changes favouring women's health have been obtained, such as, age at …

There is an increasing focus on medical studies related to differences between men and
women, and women's mental health stands out as one of the most important fields where …

Women represent the majority of patients with psychiatric diagnoses and also the largest
users of psychotropic drugs. There are inevitable differences in efficacy, side effects and …

This is a comprehensive, up-to-date and evidence-based review of women's mental health.
It starts by considering the social and cultural contexts of women's lives today before …

We know that gender traits and mental disorders are based on social, cultural, personal and
physiological background. In order to formulate the best management plan for the patient …