Book description
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:
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The Context of Women's Health: history of women's healthcare,
employment and women's health, and the effects of intimate partner violence
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Health Challenges: smoking, alcohol, eating disorders, and sleep
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Reproductive Health: premenstrual dysphoric disorder, the
stress of infertility, psychiatric symptoms and pregnancy, and menopause
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Disability and Chronic Conditions: women's responses to
disability, experiencing cancer, the psychology of Irritable Bowel
Syndrome, and rheumatic, heart, and Alzheimer's diseases
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.
