Halbreich U
State University of New York at Buffalo 14215, USA.
Psychopharmacol Bull. 1998;34(3):327-31.
Women's mental health is increasingly recognized as a major field with an impact on the well-being of individuals, their families, and society. It is also recognized that this field is in its infancy and needs to be well delineated: Definitions and assessment procedures for the various topics need to be developed; the pathobiologies are as yet unknown; and time course, variations, and treatment outcome of most of the entities included are unknown or not confirmed. Also, interactions among phenomena, biology, environment, and sociopsychological aspects have not been well studied. A group of investigators whose focus is on various aspects of women's mental health, especially reproduction-related dysphorias, met and discussed their respective priorities for studies in the field. Mechanisms and operational vehicles to effectively achieve the expressed goals and to conduct the proposed studies are presented.
女性心理健康日益被视为一个对个人、其家庭及社会福祉具有影响的重要领域。人们也认识到该领域尚处于起步阶段，需要进行明确界定：需要针对各类主题制定定义和评估程序；发病机制尚不明确；大多数所涵盖实体的病程、变化情况及治疗结果未知或未经证实。此外，现象、生物学、环境及社会心理层面之间的相互作用尚未得到充分研究。一群专注于女性心理健康各个方面，尤其是与生殖相关的烦躁不安情绪的研究人员相聚并讨论了他们在该领域各自的研究重点。文中还介绍了有效实现既定目标并开展拟议研究的机制和运作手段。
