Women with Serious Mental Illness

Lauren Mizock, PhD is Core Faculty in the Clinical Psychology PhD program at Fielding Graduate University. Dr. Mizock is the co-author of Acceptance of Mental Illness and Researcher Race, in addition to over 40 publications. She is also the co-chair, with Dr. Carr, of the Task Force for Women with Serious Mental Illness in the Society for the Psychology of Women of the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Mizock is a licensed clinical psychologist and maintains a private practice in San Francisco, CA.Erika Carr, PhD is in a tenure-track position as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and also serves as Director of the Behavioral Intervention Service and Director of the Inpatient Psychology Service at Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven, CT. Dr. Carr provides clinical care with individuals who experience serious mental illness and has a particular interest in positive behavioural supports (PBS) and women who experience serious mental illness. Dr. Carr is on the American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force for Serious Mental Illness, and serves as Chair of the Section on Community Mental Health/State Hospitals in Division 18 - Psychologists in the Public Sector within APA. Dr. Carr is also involved in advocacy locally and nationally as she seeks to advance the experience of women with serious mental illness.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: History of the Mistreatment of Women with Serious Mental Illness Chapter 3: Women with Serious Mental Illness, Resilience, and the Recovery Movement Chapter 4: Motherhood, Family, and Relationships for Women with Serious Mental Illness Chapter 5: Work and Class Among Women with Serious Mental Illness Chapter 6: Cultural Factors Among Women with Serious Mental Illness: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality Chapter 7: Sexual Objectification of Women with Serious Mental Illness Chapter 8: Trauma and Preventing Retraumatization of Women with Serious Mental Illness Chapter 9: Gender-Sensitive and Recovery-Oriented Care: A New Intervention Model Acknowledgements About the Authors Appendix References Index

This book would be an outstanding addition to graduate clinical training for professionals in mental health care, nursing, and medical students, and for advanced undergraduates in Women's Studies, Psychology of Women, and sociology courses. I also recommend it for any faculty teaching Introduction to Psychology or Abnormal Psychology so that recovery concepts can be integrated into those courses.