Reproductive health psychology /
Olga B.A. van den Akker.
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken : Wiley, 2012.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Psychology of Reproductive Health. Part Introduction -- Introduction to the Psychology of Reproductive Health -- Psychological Theories of Health and Illness -- Psychological Processes of Early Growth and Development. Part Introduction -- Growth and Development -- Adolescent Development -- Psychological Factors of Menarche, Sexual and Reproductive Development. Part Introduction -- The Menstrual Cycle -- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder -- Sex and Contraception -- Reproduction and Fertility -- The Psychological Context of Infertility. Part Introduction -- Infertility -- Overcoming Involuntary Childlessness and Assisted Conception -- Psychological Processes of Fertility and Pregnancy. Part Introduction -- Pregnancy -- Screening -- Miscarriage -- Abortion -- The Psychology of the Puerperium and Parenting. Part Introduction -- Labour and Delivery -- Perinatal Anxiety Disorders -- Perinatal Depressive Disorders -- Parenting and the Postnatal Period -- Psychological Factors of Menopause, Sex and Reproduction in Later Life. Part Introduction -- Menopause -- Ageing and Sexual Behaviours and Sexual Health -- Ageing and Reproduction -- Index.