This article describes a course that introduces undergraduates to important information about women. This course prepares students to articulate controversies related to culture and women's mental health and provides a background for a more genderbalanced view of psychology. Cultural factors that influence mental health and treatment for women are explored in relation to specific mental health topics, such as eating disorders, self-esteem, sexual assault, depression, sex bias in diagnosis, and feminist therapy. Pretest and posttest scores collected on a 25-item truefalse measure of relevant information showed a significant gain in knowledge.
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