| Description |
xiv, 329 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in medicine |
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Cambridge studies in medicine.
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| Contents |
1. Growing up female / Regina C. Casper -- 2. Reproduction and its psychopathology / Katherine E. Williams and Regina C. Casper -- 3. Women's sexual function and dysfunction / Domeena C. Renshaw -- 4. Gender differences in brain morphology and in psychiatric disorders / Laura Marsh and Regina C. Casper -- 5. Thyroid hormones in major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder / Naseem Ahmed Smith and Peter T. Loosen -- 6. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system /Dominique L. Musselman, Gail Anderson and Maryfrances R. Porter [et al.] -- 7. The cost of starvation: Eating disorders / Regina C. Casper -- 8. Coronary artery disease and women: Estrogens and psychosocial and lifestyle risk factors / Joan M. Fair, Kathleen A. Berra and Regina C. Casper -- 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 |
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11. Intervention trials concerned with disease prevention in women / Jennifer L. Kelsey and Robert Marcus |
| Analysis |
Women--Health and hygiene |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-316) and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-316) and index |
| Subject |
Mind and body.
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Psychoneuroendocrinology.
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Women -- Mental health.
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Women's Health.
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Endocrine Glands.
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Gonadal Steroid Hormones.
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Psychophysiology.
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Mental Disorders.
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Mental illness
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Women -- psychology.
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Women's Health.
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| Author |
Casper, Regina C.
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| LC no. |
97003022 |
| ISBN |
0521563410 (hardcover) |
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