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Women, Health & the Mind
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Addressing the growing interest in the psychology of women's health, characterised by the many psychology and health science courses which include a women's health component, Lorraine Sherr's Women, Health and the Mind deals with both theory and applied issues. Written by an international team of professionals and academics in the field of Women's Health, Gender Studies and Psychology, the concepts highlighted within the book are of universal interest.

Just some of the areas covered are * gender issues * consent * violence * women & mental health * grief and bereavement * stress and coping * depression * reproductive health * HIV * exercise * physical health * preventative health.

This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Health Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Public Health, Health Sciences and Gender Studies. Students on professional courses such as Nursing, Counselling, Health Care, Social Work and Social Service professionals would also benefit greatly from this comprehensive text.

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WOMEN TODAY.

Women's Health as a Medical Specialty and a Clinical Science.

The Gendered Body: Body and Gender and the Inter-relationships with Health.

Gender, Power and the Health Care Professions.

Women and Clinical Trials.

Private Violence, Public Complicity: The Response of Health and Social Services to Battered Women.

WOMEN AND MENTAL HEALTH.

Women and Mental Illness.

Agoraphobia: Sex-specific Stress or Sex-specific Coping?

Gender, Stress and Coping: Do Women Handle Stressful Situations Differently from Men?.

Leading the Troops or Just Entertaining? Women, Humour and Stand-up.

Psychological, Social, and Economic Implications of Bereavement Among Older Women.

Working Conditions and Mental Health Among Women.

Women and Depression.

WOMEN AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.

The Post-Modernisation of Motherhood.

Older Mothers and Later Motherhood.

Sexual Victimisation of Girls: Implications for Women's Health and for Prevention.

WOMEN AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology and Treatment.

Women and HIV.

Women, Cognition and the Menstrual Cycle.

WOMEN: HEALTH PROMOTION AND HEALTH LIFE-STYLES.

Physical Activity, Leisure, and Women's Health.

Substance Abuse in Women: Biological, Psychological and Social Issues Related to Treatment.

Index.

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"I would recommend this book, absorbing, challenging,   thought-provoking  and rarely boring."   (Nursing Standard, 30th August 2000)

"..a useful reference for researchers..." (Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 6. No.6) 

"…a valuable textbook…" (Psychology & Health, Vol.17, No.4, 2002)

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