Women’s Mental Health: A Bio-Psycho-Social Approach By Prof. Jayashri Kulkarni

Prof. Jayashri Kulkarni delivering a fascinating and passionate talk on Women’s Mental Health. Prof Kulkarni is a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre.

Take-home messages

1. Investment is required in the field of women’s mental health due to unique variables impacting on women’s health.
2. “There are differences in liver enzymes, neuroendocrine interactions, and psychiatric illness can obviously differ in men and women because of the gender differences in the social responsibilities and the expectations’…in order to provide the best quality care for our patients we need to start to think about the gender aspects in front of us
3. Researchers need to take the gender variable into account in designing studies. “Have researchers considered the genders of the participants?
4. Complex Trauma Disorder (Borderline Personality Disorder)