Subject Headings

Body image--Social aspects
Feminist psychology
Women--Mental health
Women--Psychology

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Eating disorders
Women and psychology
Women mental health
Women mental illness

Books

The following sources provide basic information and brief introductions to the topic of women's mental health. Call numbers and locations are listed below the book's description. Refer to the Ask-A-Librarian, IRIS Guide and Building Map pages for more information. Links to online sources are provided.

Slater, Lauren ; Daniel, Jessica Henderson and Banks, Amy Elizabeth, eds. The complete guide to mental health for women.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2003.
DOUGLASS REF RC451.4.W6C65 2003

Travis, Cheryl Brown, ed. Evolution, gender, and rape.
Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2003.
DOUGLASS STACKS HV6558.E92 2003

Worell, Judith and Goodheart, Carol D., eds. Handbook of girls' and women's psychological health.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
ROBESON REF, STACKS HQ1206.H2383 2006

Journals

The journals below may contain relevant articles on your chosen topic. To locate the online versions of these journals, search for the title in IRIS and select "Periodical title begins with" from the dropdown menu. The results page will include a link to the electronic version.

Archives of Women's Mental Health [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
This publication is the official Journal of the Section on Women's Health of the World Psychiatric Association

Feminism & Psychology [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]

Indexes

Journal articles from a variety of periodical sources can be found via these specialized and multidisciplinary indexes. Students can use their Net ID and password to log into Rutgers Restricted databases from off-campus. See the "How Do I Connect From Home?" guide for more information.

Contemporary Women's Issues
Covers over 1500 sources published by more than 200 organizations around the world. Coverage includes more than 150 periodicals in addition to non-periodical source publications.

PsychiatryOnline
PsychiatryOnline provides access to a number of American Psychiatric Publishing books and journals including the DSM-IV-TR� and The American Journal of Psychiatry.

PsycINFO
PsycINFO® is an electronic bibliographic database that provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health.

Websites

Mental-Health America
(Facebook Page)

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Rutgers Psychiatric Services

Women and Depression: Discovering Hope (National Institute of Mental Health)

Women and Mental Health (National Institute of Mental health)