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Intro; Contents; About the Editor; Introduction; Part I: General Aspects; 1: Women Mental Health All over the World: Sociopolitical Aspects of Gender Discrimination and Violence: Immigration and Transnational Motherhood; 1.1 The Social Health Approach; 1.2 Gender Violence: A Public Health Problem Around the World; 1.2.1 Defining Poverty and Its Gender Distribution; 1.2.2 Human Trafficking; 1.2.3 Women in Armed Conflicts; 1.3 International Recommendations for the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence; 1.4 Prevention and Response; 1.5 The Feminization of Immigration
1.5.1 Transnational Motherhood1.6 The Empowerment of Women; References; 2: What Is Human Resilience and Why Does It Matter?; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Many Definitions of Resilience and Related Terminology; 2.2.1 Origins of Resilience Research; 2.3 Resilience as a Complex and Dynamic 'Natural' Human Process; 2.4 Context Matters: Challenging Normative Stands in Definitions; 2.5 Going Beyond the Individual: The Structural Factors that Support, Enhance or Diminish Resilience Trajectories; 2.6 Gender Blindness: When Resilience Is About Rights and Equity; 2.7 Conclusion; References
3: Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Impact on Mental Health3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Explanatory Models; 3.2.1 Individual; 3.2.2 Microsystem; 3.2.3 Exosystem; 3.2.4 Macrosystem; 3.3 Vulnerability Factors: Attachment, Trauma, Resilience and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women; 3.4 Psychic Changes in People Exposed to Protracted Traumas; 3.4.1 Coercive Persuasion; 3.4.2 Domestic Stockholm Syndrome; 3.4.3 Paradoxical Adaptation to Domestic Violence Syndrome; 3.4.4 Cycle of Violence; 3.5 Specific Aspects of Mental Health Issues in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
3.5.1 SMI and IPV Against Women3.5.2 Depression and Suicide; 3.5.3 PTSD; 3.5.4 Complex PTSD; 3.5.5 Substance Abuse; 3.5.6 Dissociative Disorders; 3.5.7 Psychosomatic Disorders; 3.5.8 Eating Disorders; 3.6 Final Thoughts About Intervention and Impact on Healthcare Professionals; 3.6.1 Impact of Working with IPV Victims on Professionals; References; 4: Sexual Violence: Effects on Women's Identity and Mental Health; 4.1 The Roots of Sexual Violence; 4.1.1 Sexual Violence Throughout History; 4.1.2 Sexual Violence, Patriarchy and Desire; 4.2 Types of Sexual Violence and Their Context
4.2.1 Sexual Harassment4.2.2 Sexual Abuse; 4.2.3 Sexual Assault; 4.2.4 Other Sexual Violence Scenarios; 4.2.5 Sexual Violence in Childhood, Adolescence and in the Couple; 4.2.5.1 Sexual Abuse in Childhood; 4.2.5.2 Child Sexual Abuse Inside and Outside the Family; 4.2.5.3 Sexual Violence in Adolescents and the Use of Social Media; 4.2.5.4 Sexual Violence in the Couple; 4.2.6 Prostitution; 4.2.7 Human Trafficking; 4.2.8 Female Genital Mutilation; 4.3 Current Discussions on Sexual Violence; 4.4 Impact of Sexual Violence on Women's Mental Health; 4.4.1 The Starting Point
1.5.1 Transnational Motherhood1.6 The Empowerment of Women; References; 2: What Is Human Resilience and Why Does It Matter?; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Many Definitions of Resilience and Related Terminology; 2.2.1 Origins of Resilience Research; 2.3 Resilience as a Complex and Dynamic 'Natural' Human Process; 2.4 Context Matters: Challenging Normative Stands in Definitions; 2.5 Going Beyond the Individual: The Structural Factors that Support, Enhance or Diminish Resilience Trajectories; 2.6 Gender Blindness: When Resilience Is About Rights and Equity; 2.7 Conclusion; References
3: Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Impact on Mental Health3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Explanatory Models; 3.2.1 Individual; 3.2.2 Microsystem; 3.2.3 Exosystem; 3.2.4 Macrosystem; 3.3 Vulnerability Factors: Attachment, Trauma, Resilience and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women; 3.4 Psychic Changes in People Exposed to Protracted Traumas; 3.4.1 Coercive Persuasion; 3.4.2 Domestic Stockholm Syndrome; 3.4.3 Paradoxical Adaptation to Domestic Violence Syndrome; 3.4.4 Cycle of Violence; 3.5 Specific Aspects of Mental Health Issues in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
3.5.1 SMI and IPV Against Women3.5.2 Depression and Suicide; 3.5.3 PTSD; 3.5.4 Complex PTSD; 3.5.5 Substance Abuse; 3.5.6 Dissociative Disorders; 3.5.7 Psychosomatic Disorders; 3.5.8 Eating Disorders; 3.6 Final Thoughts About Intervention and Impact on Healthcare Professionals; 3.6.1 Impact of Working with IPV Victims on Professionals; References; 4: Sexual Violence: Effects on Women's Identity and Mental Health; 4.1 The Roots of Sexual Violence; 4.1.1 Sexual Violence Throughout History; 4.1.2 Sexual Violence, Patriarchy and Desire; 4.2 Types of Sexual Violence and Their Context
4.2.1 Sexual Harassment4.2.2 Sexual Abuse; 4.2.3 Sexual Assault; 4.2.4 Other Sexual Violence Scenarios; 4.2.5 Sexual Violence in Childhood, Adolescence and in the Couple; 4.2.5.1 Sexual Abuse in Childhood; 4.2.5.2 Child Sexual Abuse Inside and Outside the Family; 4.2.5.3 Sexual Violence in Adolescents and the Use of Social Media; 4.2.5.4 Sexual Violence in the Couple; 4.2.6 Prostitution; 4.2.7 Human Trafficking; 4.2.8 Female Genital Mutilation; 4.3 Current Discussions on Sexual Violence; 4.4 Impact of Sexual Violence on Women's Mental Health; 4.4.1 The Starting Point