ABSTRACT

Women are usually more in touch with their emotions than men and more readily seek help from professional sources when they encounter stress. The response they meet from doctors and other helping professionals at this point can be vital in determining the best outcome for them. Ashurst and Hall have written this book as a contribution towards a better understanding of the psychological aspects of women's health problems.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part One Womanhood

chapter 1|10 pages

Understanding distress

The development and relief of symptoms

chapter 2|8 pages

Woman’s role and identity

Biological and sociological influences

chapter 4|10 pages

On becoming a mother: psychodynamic issues of adolescence, mating and parenthood by Dinora Pines

Psychodynamic issues of adolescence, mating and parenthood Dinora Pines

chapter 5|12 pages

Bonding and rejection

part |2 pages

Part Two Distressed Womanhood

chapter 6|10 pages

Hungry womanhood

Eating disorders

chapter 7|17 pages

Womanhood despoiled

Childhood sexual abuse

chapter 8|11 pages

Lesbian womanhood

chapter 9|7 pages

Childless womanhood

chapter 10|11 pages

Barren womanhood: psychological aspects of infertility

Psychological aspects of infertility George L. Christie and Mike Pawson

chapter 11|15 pages

Motherhood thwarted

Miscarriage, stillbirth, and adoption

chapter 12|12 pages

Motherhood bereft

Loss of a child

chapter 13|11 pages

Motherhood disappointed

The imperfect child

chapter 4|13 pages

teen Motherhood depressed

chapter 15|11 pages

Perverse womanhood

Physical and psychological child abuse

chapter 6|9 pages

teen Bereft womanhood

Bereavement and widowhood

chapter 17|7 pages

Pairing and parting

Divorce and second marriage

chapter 18|10 pages

Single motherhood by

Jane Knowles

chapter 19|8 pages

Stepmotherhood by

Gill Gorell-Barnes

chapter 20|13 pages

Femininity assaulted

Hysterectomy, gynaecological malignancy and mastectomy