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Edited by Sarah E. Romans and Mary V. Seeman. 414 pp. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. $59.95. ISBN 0-7817-5129-2.

"What do women want?" — Sigmund Freud's question, posed decades ago — implied that there is something unique about women and the factors that determine their mental health. But his question was essentially rhetorical and was never answered to his, or to women's, satisfaction. Now, 40 years after the initial stirrings of the 20th century's second wave of feminism, the issue of women's mental health has finally come center stage.

Women's Mental Health begins with great promise, because the editors have selected three highly relevant themes to structure the content: development, culture, and stress. Each of these topics has been . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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