Women's Health Psychology

Women's Health Psychology is the first comprehensive collection ever published to consider the developmental, reproductive, and sociocultural contexts of health decision-making and behavior for women. It provides current, expert advice to help policy makers, researchers, and clinicians make the best decisions concerning topics including:

* The Context of Women's Health: history of women's healthcare, employment and women's health, and the effects of intimate partner violence

* Health Challenges: smoking, alcohol, eating disorders, and sleep

* Reproductive Health: premenstrual dysphoric disorder, the stress of infertility, psychiatric symptoms and pregnancy, and menopause

* Disability and Chronic Conditions: women's responses to disability, experiencing cancer, the psychology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and rheumatic, heart, and Alzheimer's diseases

Autorentext
MARY V. SPIERS, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at Drexel University. PAMELA A. GELLER, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology and Public Health at Drexel University, Research Associate Professor of OB/GYN at the Drexel University College of Medicine, and Director of the Drexel University Student Counseling Center for medical, nursing, health profession, and public health students. JACQUELINE D. KLOSS, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Drexel and Clinical Psychologist and Behavioral Director of the Insomnia Program at the Sleep Center, Drexel University College of Medicine.

Klappentext
Praise for Women's Health Psychology "Women's Health Psychology provides an important overview and analysis of key issues affecting women's health and well-being ... almost every chapter in this volume touches on the importance of quality of life, not just longevity.... It will serve as a valuable reference for health and mental health providers, researchers, and those in training for professional or research careers."
from the Foreword by Nancy E. Adler, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, Director of the Center for Health and Community Women's Health Psychology is the first comprehensive collection ever published to consider the developmental, reproductive, and sociocultural contexts of health decision-making and behavior for women. It provides current, expert advice to help policy makers, researchers, and clinicians make the best decisions concerning topics including: The Context of Women's Health: history of women's healthcare, employment and women's health, and the effects of intimate partner violence Health Challenges: smoking, alcohol, eating disorders, and sleep Reproductive Health: premenstrual dysphoric disorder, the stress of infertility, psychiatric symptoms and pregnancy, and menopause Disability and Chronic Conditions: women's responses to disability, experiencing cancer, the psychology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and rheumatic, heart, and Alzheimer's diseases

Zusammenfassung
Women's Health Psychology is the first comprehensive collection ever published to consider the developmental, reproductive, and sociocultural contexts of health decision-making and behavior for women. It provides current, expert advice to help policy makers, researchers, and clinicians make the best decisions concerning topics including: The Context of Women's Health: history of women's healthcare, employment and women's health, and the effects of intimate partner violence Health Challenges: smoking, alcohol, eating disorders, and sleep Reproductive Health: premenstrual dysphoric disorder, the stress of infertility, psychiatric symptoms and pregnancy, and menopause Disability and Chronic Conditions: women's responses to disability, experiencing cancer, the psychology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and rheumatic, heart, and Alzheimer's diseases

Inhalt
Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii List of Contributors xv SECTION 1: Women's Health in Context Chapter 1 Historical Roots of Women's Healthcare 3
Heather Munro Prescott and Wendy Kline Chapter 2 Retheorizing Women's Health Through Intersectionality's Prism 25
Lisa Bowleg Chapter 3 Employment and Women's Health 46
Nancy L. Marshall Chapter 4 Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women 64
Kathy McCloskey and Deidre Hussey SECTION II: Well-Being and Health Challenges Chapter 5 Alcohol Use in Women 91
Nancy Vogeltanz-Holm, Kaitlin Lilienthal, Allison Kulig, and Sharon C. Wilsnack Chapter 6 Women and Smoking 123
Bradley N. Collins and Uma S. Nair Chapter 7 Obesity in Women 149
Michael R. Lowe, Meghan L. Butryn, and Alice V. Ely Chapter 8 Eating and Weight-Related Disorders 173
Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Ross Krawczyk, Lina Ricciardelli, and J. Kevin Thompson Chapter 9 Cosmetic Medical Procedures and Body Adornment 199
Canice E. Crerand, Leanne Magee, Jacqueline Spitzer, and David B. Sarwer Chapter 10 Women's Sleep Throughout the Lifespan 223
Jacqueline D. Kloss and Christina O. Nash Chapter 11 Promotion of Physical Activity for Women's Health 255
Dori Pekmezi, Sarah Linke, Sheri Hartman, and Bess H. Marcus SECTION III: Reproductive Health Chapter 12 Women's Sexual Health 281
Patricia J. Morokoff and Maggie L. Gorraiz Chapter 13 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder 305
Simone N. Vigod and Meir Steiner Chapter 14 The Stress of Infertility 328
Lauren B. Prince and Alice D. Domar Chapter 15 The Psychology of Agency in Childbearing 355
Pamela A. Geller, Alexandra R. Nelson, and Efrat Eichenbaum Chapter 16 Psychiatric Symptoms and Pregnancy 389
Danielle M. Novick and Heather A. Flynn Chapter 17 Breastfeeding and Maternal Mental and Physical Health 414
Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, Chris Dunkel Schetter, and Martie Haselton Chapter 18 Rethinking Menopause 440
Paula S. Derry and Heather E. Dillaway SECTION IV: Disability and Chronic Conditions Chapter 19 Women's Responses to Disability 467
Rhoda Olkin Chapter 20 The Experience of Cancer in Women 491
Annette L. Stanton and Betina Yanez Chapter 21 The Psychology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome 514
Sarah K. Ballou and Laurie Keefer Chapter 22 Stress and Resilience in Women With Rheumatic Disease 539
Sharon Danoff-Burg Chapter 23 Neurological Disorders in Women 556
M. Meredith Gillis, Kara R. Douglas-Newman, and Mary V. Spiers Chapter 24 Converging Issues in Heart Disease, Stroke, and Alzheimer's Disease in Women 581
Mary V. Spiers Author Index 605 Subject Index 637

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