Women's Health Psychology

672 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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

• ISBN: 9780470890660
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.02.2013
• Größe: 231 x 175 mm
• Verlag: Wiley
• Herausgegeben von: Jacqueline D Kloss, Pamela A Geller, Mary V Spiers