Epidemiological research consistently reports that women experience higher rates of
depression than men. Competing biomedical, psychological and sociocultural models adopt …

OBJECTIVE: Eating disorder (ED) specialists increasingly see anorexia nervosa and bulimia
nervosa as complex mental illnesses with both genetic and social roots. The public …

Nominated for the 2012 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in
Psychology! Why are women more likely to be positioned or diagnosed as mad than men? If …

This book challenges the evidence-based practice movement to re-think its assumptions.
Firmly rooted in real practice while drawing lucidly on a great breadth of theoretical …

Major depression is associated with significant global economic burden, disability, and
diminished quality of life (Murray & Lopez, 1997). Clearly, studying this affliction across …

The current study examines how the neoliberal imperative to self-manage has been taken
up by patients, focusing specifically on Indian-Australians and Anglo-Australians living with …

Health research highlights transformative and therapeutic effects of peer-to-peer online
communication. Yet, we still know little about the practices and processes that generate such …

Background With an increased political interest in school-based mental health education,
the dominant understanding and measurement of mental health literacy (MHL) in adolescent …

After decades of relative neglect and marginalization within psychiatry, the study of the
relationship between culture and psychopathology has emerged as topic of considerable …

Depression is common among young people. Gender differences in diagnosing depression
appear during adolescence. The study aim was to explore the impact of gender on …