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