Mary V. Spiers & Pamela A. Geller 
Women’s Health Psychology [EPUB ebook] 

Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
List of Contributors xv
SECTION 1: Women’s Health in Context
Chapter 1 Historical Roots of Women’s Healthcare 3
Heather Munro Prescott and Wendy Kline
Chapter 2 Retheorizing Women’s Health Through Intersectionality’s Prism 25
Lisa Bowleg
Chapter 3 Employment and Women’s Health 46
Nancy L. Marshall
Chapter 4 Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women 64
Kathy Mc Closkey and Deidre Hussey
SECTION II: Well-Being and Health Challenges
Chapter 5 Alcohol Use in Women 91
Nancy Vogeltanz-Holm, Kaitlin Lilienthal, Allison Kulig, and Sharon C. Wilsnack
Chapter 6 Women and Smoking 123
Bradley N. Collins and Uma S. Nair
Chapter 7 Obesity in Women 149
Michael R. Lowe, Meghan L. Butryn, and Alice V. Ely
Chapter 8 Eating and Weight-Related Disorders 173
Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Ross Krawczyk, Lina Ricciardelli, and J. Kevin Thompson
Chapter 9 Cosmetic Medical Procedures and Body Adornment 199
Canice E. Crerand, Leanne Magee, Jacqueline Spitzer, and David B. Sarwer
Chapter 10 Women’s Sleep Throughout the Lifespan 223
Jacqueline D. Kloss and Christina O. Nash
Chapter 11 Promotion of Physical Activity for Women’s Health 255
Dori Pekmezi, Sarah Linke, Sheri Hartman, and Bess H. Marcus
SECTION III: Reproductive Health
Chapter 12 Women’s Sexual Health 281
Patricia J. Morokoff and Maggie L. Gorraiz
Chapter 13 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder 305
Simone N. Vigod and Meir Steiner
Chapter 14 The Stress of Infertility 328
Lauren B. Prince and Alice D. Domar
Chapter 15 The Psychology of Agency in Childbearing 355
Pamela A. Geller, Alexandra R. Nelson, and Efrat Eichenbaum
Chapter 16 Psychiatric Symptoms and Pregnancy 389
Danielle M. Novick and Heather A. Flynn
Chapter 17 Breastfeeding and Maternal Mental and Physical Health 414
Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, Chris Dunkel Schetter, and Martie Haselton
Chapter 18 Rethinking Menopause 440
Paula S. Derry and Heather E. Dillaway
SECTION IV: Disability and Chronic Conditions
Chapter 19 Women’s Responses to Disability 467
Rhoda Olkin
Chapter 20 The Experience of Cancer in Women 491
Annette L. Stanton and Betina Yanez
Chapter 21 The Psychology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome 514
Sarah K. Ballou and Laurie Keefer
Chapter 22 Stress and Resilience in Women With Rheumatic Disease 539
Sharon Danoff-Burg
Chapter 23 Neurological Disorders in Women 556
M. Meredith Gillis, Kara R. Douglas-Newman, and Mary V. Spiers
Chapter 24 Converging Issues in Heart Disease, Stroke, and Alzheimer’s Disease in Women 581
Mary V. Spiers
Author Index 605
Subject Index 637

MARY V. SPIERS, Ph D, is a Clinical Psychologist and
Associate Professor of Psychology at Drexel University.
PAMELA A. GELLER, Ph D, 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, Ph D, 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.