PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Menopause, Class Discrimination, Postpartum Period
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Notes: key factors associated with good mental health include social support and optimism, amenorrhea- cessation of period caused by anorexia, according to the ruminative style theory of depression, women are more likely than men to focus on inner. Chapter 13: female athlete traid: the combination of disordered eating accompanied by amenorrhea and premature bone loss or osteoporosis, in dance related sports such as gymnastic. In illegal substance men have higher usage than women: reason: drug use in femlaes is less acceptable in society than in men, discuss the symptoms of panic disorder and specific phobias. In nations where womens status is low (china, turkey, india) sucide rate is higher in women than men. In western world, women take pills or cut their wrist whereas in developing world they tend to hang themselves or put themselves on fire: discuss fulfillment in later life.
