Handbook of girls' and women's psychological health

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pt. I. GENDER AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH

An integrated view of girls' and women's health: psychology, physiology, and society / Carol D. Goodheart

Risks to healthy development: the somber planes of life / Cheryl Brown Travis

Pathways to healthy development: sources of strength and empowerment / Judith Worell

pt. II. RISKS AND STRENGTHS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN : Problems and risks

Assessment and gender / Marcia C. Linn, Cathy Kessel

Mood disturbance across the lifespan / Valerie E. Whiffen, Natasha Demidenko

Anxiety disturbance in girls and women / Wendy K. Silverman, Rona Carter

Body image / Linda Smolak

Serious emotional disturbance and serious mental illness / Diane T. Marsh

Violence against girls and women: an integrative developmental perspective / Jacquelyn W. White, James M. Frabutt

Physical or systemic disabilities / Rhoda Olkin

Trauma in the lives of girls and women / Janis Sanchez-Hucles, Kimberly Gamble

Substance use and abuse by girls and women / Lula A. Beatty, Cora Lee Wetherington, Dionne J. Jones, Adele B. Roman

Poor women and girls in a wealthy nation / Deborah Belle, Lisa Dodson

Women and suicide / Lillian M. Range

Strengths and resources. Coping in adolescent girls and women / Patricia A. Bennett, Susan H. McDaniel

Self-esteem / Oksana Malanchuk, Jacquelynne S. Eccles

Resilience and empowerment / Virginia E. O'Leary, Jeshmin Bhaju

Subjective well-being / Sonja Lyubomirsky, Rene Dickerhoof

The sense of entitlement: implication for gender equality and psychological well-being / Vanessa L. McGann, Janice M. Steil

Balanced living through self-care / Carol Williams-Nickelson

To your sexual health! : incorporating sexuality into the health perspective / Lucia F. O'Sullivan, M.C. McCrudden, Deborah L. Tolman

Women and giving / Michele Harway, Roberta L. Nutt

Women and relationships / Mary M. Brabeck, Kalina M. Brabeck

Healthy environments for youth and families / Karen Fraser Wyche

The psychotherapeutic relationship as a positive and powerful resource for girls and women / Lucia Albino Gilbert, Lisa K. Kearney

pt. III. PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE LIFE SPAN. Children and adolescents: awakenings

Gender role and gender identity development / Susan A. Basow

The interplay of physical and psychosocial development / Annette M. La Greca, Eleanor Race Mackey, Karen Bearman Miller

The family environment: where gender role socialization begins / Phyllis Bronstein

Girls and academic success: changing patterns of academic achievement / Diane F. Halpern

Gender and schooling: progress and persistent barriers / Judith L. Meece, Kathryn Scantlebury

Adolescent girls' health in the context of peer and community relationships / Bridget M. Reynolds, Rena L. Repetti

From girlhood to womanhood: multiple transitions in context / Niva Piran, Erin Ross

Adults: balancing. Women's career development / Nancy E. Betz

Love, intimacy, and partners / Susan S. Hendrick

Women's reproductive health: issues, findings, and controversies / Linda J. Beckman

The mixed messages of motherhood / Joy K. Rice, Nicole Else-Quest

Family and work balance / Faye J. Crosby, Laura Sabattini

Midlife transitions / Claire A. Etaugh, Judith S. Bridges

Older adults: winding down and summing up. Aging and identity: how women face later life transitions / Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Karyn M. Skultety

Physical health and illness in older women / S. Deborah Majerovitz

Older women and security / Bonnie Markham

Bereavement / Deborah Carr, Jung-Hwa Ha

Women's issues at the end of life / Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Jennifer Dillinger, Heather L. Gray, Veronica Cardenas, Lani Singer, Shannon Hsu

Positive aging: reconstructing the life course / Mary M. Gergen, Kenneth J. Gergen

pt. IV. SPECIAL PROBLEMS AND RESOURCES. Legal issues influencing girls' and women's psychological health / Lenore E.A. Walker

Adaptation of immigrant girls and women / Melba J.T. Vasquez, Ay Ling Han, Cynthia de las Fuentes

Psychopharmacotherapy and women: issues for consideration / Debra Lina Dunivin

Survivors of male violence: research and training initiatives to facilitate recovery from depression and posttraumatic stress disorder / Veronica M. Herrera, Mary P. Koss, Jennifer Bailey, Nicole P. Yuan, Erika L. Lichter

An overview of policies that impact the psychological well-being of girls and women / Sherry Glied, Sharon Kofman

pt. V: CONCLUSION. Afterword / Carol D. Goodheart, Judith Worell