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

Foreword ixPreface xiAcknowledgments xiiiList of Contributors xvSECTION 1: Women's Health in ContextChapter 1 Historical Roots of Women's Healthcare 3Heather Munro Prescott and Wendy KlineChapter 2 Retheorizing Women's Health Through Intersectionality's Prism 25Lisa BowlegChapter 3 Employment and Women's Health 46Nancy L. MarshallChapter 4 Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women 64Kathy McCloskey and Deidre HusseySECTION II: Well-Being and Health ChallengesChapter 5 Alcohol Use in Women 91Nancy Vogeltanz-Holm, Kaitlin Lilienthal, Allison Kulig, and Sharon C. WilsnackChapter 6 Women and Smoking 123Bradley N. Collins and Uma S. NairChapter 7 Obesity in Women 149Michael R. Lowe, Meghan L. Butryn, and Alice V. ElyChapter 8 Eating and Weight-Related Disorders 173Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Ross Krawczyk, Lina Ricciardelli, and J. Kevin ThompsonChapter 9 Cosmetic Medical Procedures and Body Adornment 199Canice E. Crerand, Leanne Magee, Jacqueline Spitzer, and David B. SarwerChapter 10 Women's Sleep Throughout the Lifespan 223Jacqueline D. Kloss and Christina O. NashChapter 11 Promotion of Physical Activity for Women's Health 255Dori Pekmezi, Sarah Linke, Sheri Hartman, and Bess H. MarcusSECTION III: Reproductive HealthChapter 12 Women's Sexual Health 281Patricia J. Morokoff and Maggie L. GorraizChapter 13 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder 305Simone N. Vigod and Meir SteinerChapter 14 The Stress of Infertility 328Lauren B. Prince and Alice D. DomarChapter 15 The Psychology of Agency in Childbearing 355Pamela A. Geller, Alexandra R. Nelson, and Efrat EichenbaumChapter 16 Psychiatric Symptoms and Pregnancy 389Danielle M. Novick and Heather A. FlynnChapter 17 Breastfeeding and Maternal Mental and Physical Health 414Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, Chris Dunkel Schetter, and Martie HaseltonChapter 18 Rethinking Menopause 440Paula S. Derry and Heather E. DillawaySECTION IV: Disability and Chronic ConditionsChapter 19 Women's Responses to Disability 467Rhoda OlkinChapter 20 The Experience of Cancer in Women 491Annette L. Stanton and Betina YanezChapter 21 The Psychology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome 514Sarah K. Ballou and Laurie KeeferChapter 22 Stress and Resilience in Women With Rheumatic Disease 539Sharon Danoff-BurgChapter 23 Neurological Disorders in Women 556M. Meredith Gillis, Kara R. Douglas-Newman, and Mary V. SpiersChapter 24 Converging Issues in Heart Disease, Stroke, and Alzheimer's Disease in Women 581Mary V. SpiersAuthor Index 605Subject Index 637