{"product_id":"womens-health-contemporary-international-perspectives-9781854333087","title":"Women's Health: Contemporary International","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering the lifespan of women from puberty to old age, this comprehensive collection provides ground-breaking research and theory that challenges current conceptions of women's health and illustrates the diversity of approaches in this burgeoning field. The interdisciplinary angle of the book will appeal to a wide-ranging readership and includes detailed commentaries on key topics such as anorexia nervosa, depression, women and cancer, sexual abuse, disability, exercise, body image, pregnancy, sexual violence and drug use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Brillant! This exciting collection should be on the bookshelf and reading list of everyone concerned with women's health issues. It can only be hoped that the ground-breaking work presented here will be as widely read and taught as it richly deserves to be.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessor Valerie Walkerdine, Centre for Critical Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Australia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This volume provides a comprehensive and confident treatment of this vast and vital topic ... In this book the psychology of women's health has come of age.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr Wendy Hollway, School of Psychology, University of Leeds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen’s health: Contemporary concerns 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane M. Ussher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection One: An Overview of Critical Issues in Women’s Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Psychology of women’s health: A critique 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Qualitative methods and women’s health research 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Murray and Kerry Chamberlain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Choosing a life span developmental orientation 50\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSheila Greene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Two: Young Women’s Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Young Asian women and self-harm 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarriette Marshall and Anjum Yazdani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Girls on “E”: Social problem or social panic? 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaria Pini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Women and substance abuse: Problems of visibility and empowerment 76\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Keane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Young lesbians and mental health: The closet is a depressing place to be 83\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Mooney-Somers and Jane Ussher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Femininity as a barrier to positive sexual health for adolescent girls 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeborah L. Tolman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Three: Sexuality and Sexual Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 ‘I couldn’t imagine having sex with anyone else’ Young women’s experience of trustworthiness in heterosexual relationships 105\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNiamh Stephenson, Susan Kippax and June Crawford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Reclaiming women’s sexual agency 114\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLynne Segal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The social construction of women’s sexuality: The dangers of pharmaceutical industry interest 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonore Tiefer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Rape: Cultural definitions and health outcomes 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Felipe Russo, Mary P. Koss and Luciana Ramos Lira\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Sexual assault and domestic violence: Implications for health workers 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSue Lees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Naming abuse and constructing identities 154\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosaleen Croghan and Dorothy Miell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Sexual harassment and stress: How women cope with unwanted sexual attention 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlison Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Women’s sexual health: An overview 172\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSylvia Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Contraception choice: A biopsychosocial perspective 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeth Alder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Menopause and sexuality 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLorraine Dennerstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Living on the edge: Women with learning disabilities 196\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Burns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Four: Physical Health and Illness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Women living with HIV in Britain 204\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorinne Squire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Gynaecological cancer 218\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarian Pitts and Eleanor Bradley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Cervical screening 224\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Fish and Sue Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Breast cancer: A feminist perspective 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSue Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Partner support for women with breast cancer: A process analysis approach 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Pistrang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Chronic pelvic pain 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarian Pitts, Linda McGowan and David Clark Carter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Women and somatic distress 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnnemarie Kolk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Five: Reproductive Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 ‘PMS research: Balancing the personal with the political’ 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacqueline Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 What does systems theory have to do with premenstrual complaints? 266\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWendy Vanselow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Menstrual cycle and eating behavior 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouise Dye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Hormones and behavior: Cognition, menstruation and menopause 278\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn T. E. Richardson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Sex hormones as biocultural actors: Rethinking biology, sexual difference and health 283\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCelia Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Reproduction: A critical analysis 290\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol A. Morse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Pregnancy: A healthy state? 296\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarriet Gross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Screening: A critique 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaeve Ennis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Childbirth 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane J. Weaver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Motherhood and mothering 312\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne Woollett and Harriette Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Competing explanations of postpartum depression: What are the benefits to women? 320\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaula Nicolson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Deconstructing ‘Hysterectomized Women’: A materio-discursive approach 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePippa Dell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 The experience of abortion: A contextualist view 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Boyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Six: Bodies and Body Image\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Body image 356\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Grogan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Anorexia nervosa 363\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Malson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Looking good and feeling good: Why do fewer women than men exercise? 372\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrecilla Y. L. Choi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Gender, culture and eating disorders 379\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMervat Nasser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Women with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) 387\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCelia Kitzinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Transgender issues 394\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouise K. Newman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Seven: Mental Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Understanding depression in women: Limitations of mainstream approaches and a material-discursive alternative 405\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet M. Stoppard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Women’s narratives of recovery from disabling mental health problems: A bicultural project from Aotearoa\/New Zealand 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHilary Lapsley, Linda Waimarie Nikora and Rosanne Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Women, stress and work: Exploring the boundaries 423\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRebecca Lawthom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 The socio-political context of abortion and its relationship to women’s mental health 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Denious and Nancy Felipe Russo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Women and psychosis 440\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmmanuelle Peters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Women and dementia: From Stigma towards celebrations 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKate Allen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 The experience of childhood sexual abuse: A psychological perspective of adult female survivors in terms of their personal accounts, therapy, and growth 455\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine D. Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Psychodynamic psychotherapy 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Sayers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Self-psychology 465\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Gibbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Eight: The Health of Older Women\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Representations of menopause and women at midlife 470\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAntonia C. Lyons and Christine Griffin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Psychological well-being in aging women 476\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda Gannon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 The paradox of older women’s health 485\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosemary Leonard and Ailsa Burns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Working with older women: Developments in clinical psychology 489\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrances J. 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