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Women's Mental Health

Women's Mental Health is the field concerned with the psychological and emotional wellbeing of women across the lifespan, encompassing both sex-specific conditions and the differential presentation, prevalence, and course of common disorders such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress. It recognises that …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 12× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Women's Mental Health is the field concerned with the psychological and emotional wellbeing of women across the lifespan, encompassing both sex-specific conditions and the differential presentation, prevalence, and course of common disorders such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress. It recognises that reproductive-endocrine transitions, including the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, the postpartum period, and the menopausal transition, interact with psychosocial stressors, trauma, discrimination, and caregiving roles to shape risk and resilience. Clinically the area addresses perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, the psychological impact of gynaecological and oncological conditions, and the consequences of gender-based violence, while also attending to barriers to care and the rights of women living with mental illness. Peer-reviewed work relevant to this topic examines postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, psychological distress at the population level, menopausal symptoms and their effect on daily functioning, the mental-health dimensions of endometriosis and miscarriage, cognitive-analytic and other therapies for women with breast cancer and trauma, and access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for marginalised women. These contributions integrate psychiatry, reproductive health, and the social determinants of wellbeing, supporting evidence-based, gender-responsive approaches to care, an area in which the journal publishes peer-reviewed scholarship.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 12 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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