Filling a void in the research literature on women's mental health and the services that address it, contributors take on such topics as empowerment, substance abuse, severe mental illness, and interpersonal violence, as they relate to women. Topics include service delivery organization; gender and

Leading experts analyze and discuss key issues in women's mental health, including empowerment, comobid disorders, severe mental illness and interpersonal violence. They provide graduate & undergraduate students with a survey of dynamic applied research and agency activity.