C. Casper (ed.)

Women's Health

Hormones, Emotions, and Behavior
Herausgeber: Casper, Regina C.; Regina C., Casper

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an overview of the complex interplay between hormonal activation and individual and environmental influences in health and disease in women. The book provides useful information and background material important for treating problems related to the reproductive cycle, eating disorders, drug treatment of women, and clinical and treatment issues in coronary artery disease and breast cancer. This is a medically oriented book written firstly for the practising physician in primary care, psychiatry, internal medicine and gynecology and obstetrics. This book takes a much broader view than others on the market by combining consideration of both psychological and physical disorders affecting women and by discussing treatment issues.

Table of contents:
1. Growing up female R. C. Casper; 2. Reproduction and its psychopathology K. E. Williams and R. C Casper; 3. Sexual function and dysfunction D. Renshaw; 4. Sex differences: epidemiology of psychiatric disorders R. C. Casper and L. Marsh; 5. Thyroid hormones in major depressive and bipolar disorder N. Ahmed, M. D. and P. T. Loosen; 6. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-cortical system D. L. Musselman and C. B. Nemeroff; 7. The cost of starvation: eating disorder induced endocrine imbalances R. C. Casper; 8. Coronary artery disease in women: estrogens versus psychological risk factors R. C. Casper and J. Fair; 9. Hormonal control of gynecological cancers and the psychological impact of breast cancer D. Spiegel and S. Stein; 10. Gender differences in psychopharmacology R. C. Casper; 11. Public health initiatives and intervention trials studying hormonal contribution and/or behavioral components J. L. Kelsey and R. Marcus.

Offers an overview of the complex interplay between hormonal activation and individual and environmental influences in health and disease in women. The book provides useful information and background material important for treating psychological and physical problems in women.

Describes the interplay between environment, genes and mental health in women.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9780521563413
• ISBN-10: 0521563410
• Artikelnr.: 22163094

Inhaltsangabe

1. Growing up female Regina C. Casper; 2. Reproduction and its
psychopathology Katherine E. Williams and Regina C. Casper; 3. Womn's
sexual function and dysfunction Domeena C. Renshaw; 4. Gender differences
in brain morphology and in psychiatric disorders Regina C. Casper and Laura
Marsh; 5. Thyroid hormones in major depressive and bipolar disorder Naseem
Ahmed Smith and Peter T. Loosen; 6. The
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-cortical system Dominique L. Musselman, Gail
Anderson, Maryfrances R. Porter and Charles B. Nemeroff; 7. The cost of
starvation: eating disorders Regina C. Casper; 8. Coronary artery disease
and women: estrogens and psychosocial and lifestyle risk factors Regina C.
Casper, Kathleen A. Berra and Joan M. Fair; 9. The psychophysiology of
breast cancer: Disease, hormones, immunity and stress Sara L. Stein, Kaye
Hermanson and David Spiegel; 10. The psychopharmacology of women Regina C.
Casper; 11. Intervention trials concerned with disease prevention in women
Jennifer L. Kelsey and Robert Marcus.