Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Epidemiology of mood disorders in women -- Ch. 2. Gender differences in the prevalence and correlates of mood disorders in the general population -- Ch. 3. Evolutionary concepts of gender differences in depressive disorders -- Ch. 4. Neuroanatomical sex differences -- Ch. 5. The functional neurochemistry of mood disorders in women -- Ch. 6. Grief and bereavement in women -- Ch. 7. Gender differences in dysthymia -- Ch. 8. Unipolar depression in women -- Ch. 9. Bipolar illness -- Ch. 10. Seasonal affective disorder -- Ch. 11. Depression in the elderly -- Ch. 12. Female sex steroids, the brain and behaviour -- Ch. 13. Oestrogens, progestins and mood -- Ch. 14. Behavioural effects of androgens in women -- Ch. 15. Menarche and mood disorders in adolescence -- Ch. 16. Premenstrual dysphoria and related conditions: symptoms, pathophysiology and treatment -- Ch. 17. Psychopharmacological treatment of mood and anxiety disorders during preganancy -- Ch. 18. Postpartum psychiatric disorders -- Ch. 19. The use of psychiatric medications during breast-feeding -- Ch. 20. Pregnancy loss -- Ch. 21. Anxiety and depression in subfertility -- Ch. 22. The perimenopause -- Ch. 23. Personality disorders -- Ch. 24. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa -- Ch. 25. Obesity, weight gain and dieting -- Ch. 26. Alcohol and drug abuse in women -- Ch. 27. Pain: adding to the affective burden -- Ch. 28. Psychoneuroimmunology: implications for mood disorders -- Ch. 29. Sex differences in the psychopharmacological treatment of depression -- Ch. 30. Psychosocial treatments for mood disorders in women -- Ch. 31. Sociogeopolitical issues.