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.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of Contributors
• SECTION I: WOMEN'S HEALTH IN CONTEXT
• Chapter 1 Historical Roots of Women's Healthcare
• Chapter 2 Retheorizing Women's Health Through Intersectionality's Prism
• Chapter 3 Employment and Women's Health
• Chapter 4 Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
• SECTION II: Well-Being and Health Challenges
• Chapter 5 Alcohol Use in Women
• Chapter 6 Women and Smoking
• Chapter 7 Obesity in Women
• Chapter 8 Eating and Weight-Related Disorders
• Chapter 9 Cosmetic Medical Procedures and Body Adornment
• Chapter 10 Women's Sleep Throughout the Lifespan
• Chapter 11 Promotion of Physical Activity for Women's Health
• SECTION III: Reproductive Health
• Chapter 12 Women's Sexual Health
• Chapter 13 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
• Chapter 14 The Stress of Infertility
• Chapter 15 The Psychology of Agency in Childbearing
• Chapter 16 Psychiatric Symptoms and Pregnancy
• Chapter 17 Breastfeeding and Maternal Mental and Physical Health
• Chapter 18 Rethinking Menopause
• SECTION IV: Disability and Chronic Conditions
• Chapter 19 Women's Responses to Disability
• Chapter 20 The Experience of Cancer in Women
• Chapter 21 The Psychology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Chapter 22 Stress and Resilience in Women With Rheumatic Disease
• Chapter 23 Neurological Disorders in Women
• Chapter 24 Converging Issues in Heart Disease, Stroke, and Alzheimer's Disease in Women