Finding Your Emotional Balance, A Guide For Women Hardcover 2015

by Merry Noel Miller

Women are twice as likely as men to become depressed. While they seek help for mental disorders more often than men, they also seek to help others, trying to keep everyone happy while taking care of parents, spouses, and children. Sometimes, doing it all is doing too much. In Finding Your Emotional Balance, Dr. Merry Noel Miller offers women of all ages advice for coping with life’s challenges while increasing its joys. Drawing on her three decades of experience as a psychiatrist specializing in women’s mental health―as well as her own personal struggles with depression and grief―she explains the special vulnerabilities and strengths of women during adolescence, the childbearing years, menopause, and late in life. Dr. Miller opens each chapter with stories about women who are dealing with issues related to their stage in life. She discusses common mental disorders in the context of life stages, exploring the symptoms of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, and unresolved grief. She also offers a variety of remedies, suggesting medical and nonmedical approaches to finding emotional balance even in the most stressful times. Each chapter ends with a list of suggested readings and websites.

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Reviews

[Robbinette · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a Psychology major, I was so intrigued by this book. I was fascinated by the fact that it was written by a female psychiatrist and it covered the stages of a woman's life and the disorders we can face, as women, at any age. From Depression to Anxiety, Substance Abuse, Bipolar Disorder, and even the different stages of grief. I thought this was such an educational read! I would really recommend it to anyone that has an interest in any of the topics listed above.

[Kate Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. Written by a professional in the field talking about women’s mental and physical health and how things like menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause affect women’s mental health. I was surprised by how easy this was for me to read and keep up with, I was concerned the language would be too much.

Anyone interested in mental health or women’s health, even women curious about how their hormones and normal bodily functions effect their mental well-being would find this an informative read.