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This essay provides specific information on the effects of being an undocumented immigrant throughout the various stages of life. In other words, the effects of being an undocumented immigrant from the stages of early childhood, youth or adolescence, adulthood, and then to late or older adulthood. A social, historical, and cultural perspective and the impact of being undocumented is examined, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The purpose of this book is to provide invaluable information about the biological, emotional, and social risks to women who take antipsychotics and, specifically, to address an often-unrecognized risk to women taking antipsychotics—pseudocyesis, a condition that causes a woman to feel or experience pregnancy without being pregnant. More specifically, this piece explores a vital intersection of mental health treatment, trauma, and its gendered impacts, particularly concerning women or girls prescribed antipsychotics.