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N C Roeske

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PubMed1983

Women's studies in medical education.

The health care needs of the public play a major role in the current determination of medical school curricula. Social sensitivity to the special health needs of women has led to consideration and implementation of women's studies in medical education. The educational concept of area study recognizes the need for studying some topics by coordinating educational material and is based on the belief that basic education should have relevance for contemporary life. Major problems incurred in the development of area study curricula have been to overcome a reputation for superficiality and ambiguity in area study programs, the professional specialization of the teachers, and the difficulty of closed-mindedness of teachers toward divergent perspectives of emotionally laden topics. A department of psychiatry's approach to women's studies is presented as an example of a clinical department's teaching of such studies.

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PubMed1982

Women and a changing society: implications for transference/countertransference.

The word feminism conveys a variety of definitions, attitudes, and behaviours in contemporary society. Thus, the psychotherapist must clarify the woman's definition of this term and examine personal knowledge regarding the changing roles of women and men. Three categories of factors are discussed that affect the woman's self-determination, creativity, cooperativeness in therapy and her decision about goals. These factors include female identity formation within the family, level of autonomy development, and transference/countertransference issues. Four case histories illustrate the complex interactions of these factors. The vignettes emphasize the crucial importance of the psychotherapeutic alliance in a changing society where conflict exists about appropriate ways to express authenticity.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

The medium and the message: development of videotapes for teaching psychiatry.

The author examines the issues surrounding the development and use of videotapes to teach psychiatry. She describes the special capabilities of videotaped material as well as how videotapes are produced; the structure of videotapes that use feedback techniques; the different ways medical students, psychiatric students, and experienced clinicians respond to videotapes; the special problems involved with teaching nonpsychiatric medical students about psychiatry; and the use of videotaped materials for patients and the public. She concludes that the use of videotapes to teach psychiatry, especially to teach the public, is an important area for development by psychiatrists.

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PubMed1978

Quality of life and factors affecting the response to hysterectomy .

Hysterectomy is the most commonly performed major surgery in the United States. A hysterectomy does not produce significant psychopathology in a psychologically mature woman. Yet a mourning process occurs as a woman reintegrates her gender identity. Organic pathology, age, socioeconomic class, types of significant relationships, meaning given menses, coitus, childbearing, children, and vocational and avocational involvements are variables affecting every woman's attitudes toward, decision to have, and reactions to a hysterectomy. Each woman's characteristic coping pattern in a personally threatening situation is apparent during her hospitalization. In the process of reorganizing her gender identity, other interests (vocational and avocational) and intimate interpersonal relationships will assume new significance. The most frequent psychopathological reaction is depression. A woman's potential for depression is increased with malignancy, predisposing personality features, a history of depressive responses to stress, and concurrent marital disruption. Data support a higher incidence of depression in posthysterectomy than in other postsurgical female patients.

Adjustment Disorders↗