Addressing Psychosocial Issues that Impact Women's Health: Proceedings of the 2014 Meeting of the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics & Gynecology

Ritu Salani, Valerie Waddell, Jonathan Schaffir
In: Women's Health · 2014 · vol. 10(4) , pp. 349–351 · doi:10.2217/whe.14.36 · PMID:25259896 · W2100554210
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The North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics & Gynecology presented research on the behavioral and mental health aspects of women's care, focusing on cancer treatment and stress during pregnancy.

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The study of women’s health and reproductive medicine involves not only physiology and pathology, but also the many psychological and social factors that interface with human biology to influence the onset and outcome of diseases in women. The North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology is a group dedicated to the study of these factors. At its recent meeting in Columbus, Ohio (USA), the society presented the latest research on behavioral and mental health aspects of caring for women. Two of the themes that were featured at this meeting were the psychosocial aspects of treating cancer in women, and the interplay between stress and pregnancy. The North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology (NASPOG) is an interdisciplinary group that recognizes the importance of psychological, social and cultural issues impacting the diseases of women and their treatment. The society brings together obstetrician– gynecologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses and social workers in an effort to promote research into these issues and to encourage collaboration between various disciplines in caring for women. The society hosts a biennial meeting to showcase the current research and schools of thought involving aspects of women’s mental health. At each meeting, a variety of symposia are organized to highlight particular fields of women’s health that involve psychological and social concerns. The program planners traditionally try to balance topics that involve pregnancy and the postpartum period with gynecological topics and issues of general interest to the care of women. At this year’s conference, which was held from 6–9 April in Columbus, Ohio (USA), the symposia that were featured were:

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