A Psychiatric Residency Curriculum About Gender and Women’s Issues

Spielvogel, Anna; Dickstein, Leah J.; Robinson, Gail Erlick

doi:10.1007/bf03341545

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“…Enhance education about prescribing psychotropic medication for pregnant and potentially pregnant women. A model curriculum for this purpose, as well as for issues of women's mental health in general, has been developed by the Committee on Women of the American Psychiatric Association (Spielvogel et al 1995).…”

Section: Implications For Mental Health Practicementioning

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Sexuality, Reproduction, and Family Planning in Women With Schizophrenia

Miller

1997

Schizophrenia Bulletin

169

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This article reviews data about how schizophrenia affects sexuality, pregnancy, the puerperium, parenting, and family planning. Women with schizophrenia have high rates of coerced sex, sexual risk behavior, and unwanted pregnancies. High rates of obstetric complications and custody loss increase morbidity for women and their offspring. Since untreated psychosis increases these problems, the risks of withholding pharmacotherapy must be weighed against the risks of prescribing medications during pregnancy. The puerperium is a time when women are especially vulnerable to exacerbations of schizophrenia. Mothers with schizophrenia may have a reduced ability to read children's cues, and they often have weak social support networks. Their children may be more difficult to raise than other children. Parenting rehabilitation can address some of these problems. Often, women with schizophrenia who are sexually active and do not wish to become pregnant do not use contraception. Incorporating family planning measures into mental health care delivery systems may reduce unwanted pregnancies.

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Section: Implications For Mental Health Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Sexuality, Reproduction, and Family Planning in Women With Schizophrenia

Miller

1997

Schizophrenia Bulletin

169

149

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“…There have been recent attempts to define a psychiatric curriculum in gender‐related issues ( Stein 1994; Spielvogel et al 1995 ). However, we found no published studies of teaching on gender issues in psychiatry.…”

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Teaching on gender‐related issues; a survey of psychiatry faculty and residents

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A survey was distributed to 299 members of the McGill Department of Psychiatry regarding the teaching of gender‐related issues. The response rate was 62·5%. The majority of respondents indicated that they were moderately or very knowledgeable about, and moderately or very interested in gender issues. Current teaching was rated as less than adequate, while future teaching was rated as very important. Women rated personal interest and importance of future teaching higher than men, but rated adequacy of current teaching lower. Residents rated personal interest higher than certified psychiatrists, but rated self‐assessed knowledge lower, and tended to rate adequacy of current teaching lower.

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Development of a women’s mental health curriculum and evolution to a Women’s Mental Health Area of Concentration in a psychiatry residency program

Gopalan

Glance

Valpey

et al. 2017

Arch Womens Ment Health

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In 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health emphasized the importance of women's health education, particularly in the realm of behavioral health. In order to support the professional interests of psychiatry trainees, a women's mental health study group (WMHSG) was developed and implemented. The WMHSG aimed primarily to supplement the resident curriculum and promote consideration of careers in women's mental health. After successful implementation, the curriculum was formalized into a Women's Mental Health Area of Concentration within the Department of Psychiatry's residency training program. Participants found the WMHSG to be interesting, to increase knowledge and improve clinical practice, and to facilitate mentorship opportunities. The creation and evolution of a WMHSG into an Area of Concentration offers an example for enhancing training in WMH topics and principles that can be extended to other medical specialties.

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A Psychiatric Residency Curriculum About Gender and Women’s Issues

Cited by 15 publications

References 55 publications

Sexuality, Reproduction, and Family Planning in Women With Schizophrenia

Sexuality, Reproduction, and Family Planning in Women With Schizophrenia

Teaching on gender‐related issues; a survey of psychiatry faculty and residents

Development of a women’s mental health curriculum and evolution to a Women’s Mental Health Area of Concentration in a psychiatry residency program

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