Biopsychosocial Factors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

This text covers the wide spectrum of biopsychosocial factors integral to all aspects of obstetrics, gynaecology and women's health.

Leroy C. Edozien (Edited by), P. M. Shaughn O'Brien (Edited by)

9781107120143, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 August 2017

406 pages, 12 b/w illus. 21 tables
25.2 x 19.5 x 2.3 cm, 1.03 kg

Biopsychosocial factors are integral to all aspects of healthcare, but perhaps nowhere more so than in obstetrics, gynaecology and women's health. This is probably because so much of what occurs in the specialty involves dramatic, life-changing events - from pregnancy and childbirth to menopause and malignancy. This text was planned to inform clinical care and improve the psychological element of women's healthcare. The content covers a wide spectrum of care, including chapters on all the major subspecialties. The two editors, between them, have long-term and broad experience of writing and researching the areas covered in this text. Obstetricians, gynaecologists, midwives, psychiatrists, psychologists and those in many other areas of healthcare, including healthcare managers, should read this book. It is hoped that a distillate of its content will be incorporated in general and subspecialty training curricula to optimise the future care given to patients, partners and offspring.

Preface
Part I. Generic Issues: 1. Promoting and implementing the biopsychosocial perspective in obstetrics and gynaecology: the role of specialist societies
2. Psychosocial context of illness and wellbeing in women's health
3. Epigenetics: the bridge between biology and psychosocial health
4. Communicating effectively: the patient-clinician relationship in women's healthcare
5. Biopsychosocial aspects of eating disorders in obstetrics and gynaecology
6. The brain, heart and human behaviour
7. Complementary medicine for women's healthcare
8. Domestic violence and abuse
9. Female genital cutting
Part II. Gynaecology: 10. Diverse sex development: critical biopsychosocial perspectives
11. Biopsychosocial factors in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology
12. Biopsychosocial factors in premenstrual syndrome
13. Biopsychosocial factors in abnormal uterine bleeding
14. Biopsychosocial aspects of infertility
15. Psychological and social aspects of reproductive life events among men
16. Biopsychosocial factors in chronic pelvic pain
17. Biopsychosocial factors in emergency gynaecology
18. Biopsychosocial factors in urinary incontinence
19. Biopsychosocial perspectives on the menopause
20. Biopsychosocial factors in gynaecological cancer
21. Assessment and management of women with nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: a biopsychosocial approach
Part III. Sexual and Reproductive Health: 22. Psychosexual disorders
23. Psychosocial aspects of fertility control
24. Legal and ethical factors in sexual and reproductive health
Part IV. Obstetrics and Maternal Health: 25. Psychobiology of birth
26. Assessment of psychosocial health during the perinatal period
27. Biopsychosocial factors in prenatal screening and diagnosis for fetal anomaly
28. The maternal-fetal relationship: conceptualisation, measurement and application in practice
29. Reproductive health care for women with psychosocial issues
30. Maternal psychosocial distress
31. The effects of stress on pregnancy: a not-so-evident association revisited
32. Biopsychosocial approach to the management of drug and alcohol use in pregnancy
33. Biopsychosocial factors in preterm labor and delivery
34. Tokophobia
35. Psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and lactation
36. Psychotherapy in pregnancy: basic principles and transcultural aspects
37. Biopsychosocial factors in intrapartum care
38. Biopsychosocial factors in postnatal care
39. Birth trauma and post-traumatic stress
40. Vicarious traumatization in maternity care providers
41. Biopsychosocial care after the loss of a baby
Appendix: RCOG checklist of hints and tips to support clinical practice in the management of gender-based violence
Index.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH], Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT]