List of contributors x Preface xx Acknowledgements xx Introduction Women''s health: Contemporary concerns 1 Jane M. Ussher Section One: An Overview of Critical Issues in Women''s Health 1 Psychology of women''s health: A critique 26 Christina Lee 2 Qualitative methods and women''s health research 40 Michael Murray and Kerry Chamberlain 3 Choosing a life span developmental orientation 50 Sheila Greene Section Two: Young Women''s Health 4 Young Asian women and self-harm 59 Harriette Marshall and Anjum Yazdani 5 Girls on "E": Social problem or social panic? 69 Maria Pini 6 Women and substance abuse: Problems of visibility and empowerment 76 Helen Keane 7 Young lesbians and mental health: The closet is a depressing place to be 83 Julie Mooney-Somers and Jane Ussher 8 Femininity as a barrier to positive sexual health for adolescent girls 93 Deborah L. Tolman Section Three: Sexuality and Sexual Health 9 ''I couldn''t imagine having sex with anyone else'' Young women''s experience of trustworthiness in heterosexual relationships 105 Niamh Stephenson, Susan Kippax and June Crawford 10 Reclaiming women''s sexual agency 114 Lynne Segal 11 The social construction of women''s sexuality: The dangers of pharmaceutical industry interest 124 Leonore Tiefer 12 Rape: Cultural definitions and health outcomes 129 Nancy Felipe Russo, Mary P. Koss and Luciana Ramos Lira 13 Sexual assault and domestic violence: Implications for health workers 143 Sue Lees 14 Naming abuse and constructing identities 154 Rosaleen Croghan and Dorothy Miell 15 Sexual harassment and stress: How women cope with unwanted sexual attention 160 Alison Thomas 16 Women''s sexual health: An overview 172 Sylvia Smith 17 Contraception choice: A biopsychosocial perspective 180 Beth Alder 18 Menopause and sexuality 190 Lorraine Dennerstein 19 Living on the edge: Women with learning disabilities 196 Jan Burns Section Four: Physical Health and Illness 20 Women living with HIV in Britain 204 Corinne Squire 21 Gynaecological cancer 218 Marian Pitts and Eleanor Bradley 22 Cervical screening 224 Julie Fish and Sue Wilkinson 23 Breast cancer: A feminist perspective 230 Sue Wilkinson 24 Partner support for women with breast cancer: A process analysis approach 237 Nancy Pistrang 25 Chronic pelvic pain 244 Marian Pitts, Linda McGowan and David Clark Carter 26 Women and somatic distress 249 Annemarie Kolk Section Five: Reproductive Health 27 ''PMS research: Balancing the personal with the political'' 255 Jacqueline Reilly 28 What does systems theory have to do with premenstrual complaints? 266 Wendy Vanselow 29 Menstrual cycle and eating behavior 271 Louise Dye 30 Hormones and behavior: Cognition, menstruation and menopause 278 John T. E. Richardson 31 Sex hormones as biocultural actors: Rethinking biology, sexual difference and health 283 Celia Roberts 32 Reproduction: A critical analysis 290 Carol A. Morse 33 Pregnancy: A healthy state? 296 Harriet Gross 34 Screening: A critique 302 Maeve Ennis 35 Childbirth 307 Jane J. Weaver 36 Motherhood and mothering 312 Anne Woollett and Harriette Marshall 37 Competing explanations of postpartum depression: What are the benefits to women? 320 Paula Nicolson 38 Deconstructing ''Hysterectomized Women'': A materio-discursive approach 329 Pippa Dell 39 The experience of abortion: A contextualist view 339 Mary Boyle Section Six: Bodies and Body Image 40 Body image 356 Sarah Grogan 41 Anorexia nervosa 363 Helen Malson 42 Looking good and feeling good: Why do fewer women than men exercise? 372 Precilla Y.
L. Choi 43 Gender, culture and eating disorders 379 Mervat Nasser 44 Women with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) 387 Celia Kitzinger 45 Transgender issues 394 Louise K. Newman Section Seven: Mental Health 46 Understanding depression in women: Limitations of mainstream approaches and a material-discursive alternative 405 Janet M. Stoppard 47 Women''s narratives of recovery from disabling mental health problems: A bicultural project from Aotearoa/New Zealand 415 Hilary Lapsley, Linda Waimarie Nikora and Rosanne Black 48 Women, stress and work: Exploring the boundaries 423 Rebecca Lawthom 49 The socio-political context of abortion and its relationship to women''s mental health 431 Jean Denious and Nancy Felipe Russo 50 Women and psychosis 440 Emmanuelle Peters 51 Women and dementia: From Stigma towards celebrations 447 Kate Allen 52 The experience of childhood sexual abuse: A psychological perspective of adult female survivors in terms of their personal accounts, therapy, and growth 455 Christine D. Baker 53 Psychodynamic psychotherapy 461 Janet Sayers 54 Self-psychology 465 Anna Gibbs Section Eight: The Health of Older Women 55 Representations of menopause and women at midlife 470 Antonia C. Lyons and Christine Griffin 56 Psychological well-being in aging women 476 Linda Gannon 57 The paradox of older women''s health 485 Rosemary Leonard and Ailsa Burns 58 Working with older women: Developments in clinical psychology 489 Frances J. Baty Index 497.