The Female Mind

* Includes a foreword by Claire Eastham (author of bestseller We're All Mad Here, ISBN 978-1-785920-82-0). *

What does it mean to be a woman in the modern world? How does our understanding of the different roles and expectations placed on women affect us in our day-to-day life and interactions? And what to do if it all becomes just a bit too much.? The editors of The Female Mind: A User's Guide have asked their colleagues, men and women, from various healthcare professions and women with lived experience of mental illness to attempt to answer those questions. What emerged is a guide that in 35 chapters empowers women in navigating the different states, emotions and conversations around their mental health, and enables men to understand what life might be like for their sisters, partners and friends. The book's diverse range of topics spans anxiety, motherhood, eating disorders, what it means to grow up as a woman, and living positively with mental illness. It gives helpful tips and lists useful resources, and draws on a wide number of incredible stories from women's lives, from teenagers to mature women, and includes inspirational accounts from women who lead satisfying lives despite sometimes struggling with mental illness.

In her foreword to the book, Claire Eastham, the popular blogger behind We're All Mad Here, calls it 'a friendly guided tour of a woman's brain'. We hope it will become just that to all who read it.

• Examines how gender affects mental health.
• Armed with this knowledge you will feel more informed and better equipped to communicate confidently with your doctors and healthcare practitioners.
• Contains many entertaining real-life stories.
• An authoritative and fascinating overview of the complexities of being a woman that will help you to understand and deal with potential mental health problems.