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Women and Alcohol

By Gail Post, Ph.D.  Learn psychological and biological differences in women that influence consumption and relationship to alcohol.

Breast Cancer Recovery: Should Look into Cancer Group Therapy?

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder and What Helps It?

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

Recently I Have Been Thinking about Going Back to College.

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

My Heart Feels Like I Am Having A Heart Attack, and I Feel Dizzy

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

Do You Suffer From Love Addiction Or True Love?

by Mary H. Guindon, Ph.D., NCC, NCCC

Why Women Experience Depression More Than Men

Studies Reveal Depression Effects On Women And Creativity

By Douglas Eby

Reasons for Lack of Exercise in Women over Age 40

by Abby C. King, Ph.D., Cynthia Castro, Ph.D., Sara Wilcox, Ph.D.,
Amy A. Eyler, Ph.D., James F. Sallis, Ph.D. and Ross C. Brownson, Ph.D.

Hormonal Shifts-Health Care Options for Menopause

by Joanna Poppink, M.F.C.C.

Breast Cancer: Speak Up & Live Longer!

by: Annette L. Stanton, Ph.D. & Colleagues

Depression, Women, and Menopause -- a Hot Topic We Need to Talk About

by Melanie Haiken

How Do Environmental Factors Contribute to the Onset of Depression?

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

Feminist Therapists: What Do They Do?

by Mary H. Guindon, Ph.D., NCC, NCCC

How Can I Become Comfortable with Being Touched

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down

by Joanna Poppink, M.F.C.C.

Extra Cortisol Protects Women's Mood When Under Stress

by Serkan Het, MSc, and Oliver Wolf, Ph.D.

Baby's Health Improves with Mother's Outlook

by Marci Lobel, Ph.D., Carla J. DeVincent,
M.A. Anita Kaminer, Ph.D. & Bruce A. Meyer, M.D.

Recovering from Rape

by Clare G. Holzman, Ph.D.

Wise Blood to Wisdom: Menopause: A New Awakening

by Joanna Poppink, M.F.C.C.

The Other Inner Child

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

Perception of Social Status Influences Abdominal Fat in White Women

by Nancy E. Adler, M.D., Elissa S. Espel, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco; Grace Castellazzo, B.S.N., and Jeannette R. Ickovics, Ph.D.

Navigating Motherhood

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

How Women Feel about Abortion

by Nancy Felipe Russo, Ph.D. & Amy J. Dabul, Ph.D.

Feminist Therapy: What's It All About?

by Mary H. Guindon, Ph.D., NCC, NCCC

Women and Abortions

by Nancy Felipe Russo, Ph.D. & Amy J. Dabul, Ph.D.

I Think I Am Going Through Menopause and I Have Been Having Lots of Trouble with My Emotions

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

I Have Been Trying to Change My Eating Habits to Reduce A Mild Case of High Blood Pressure

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

I Am Going to Have My First Baby in A Few Months

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

Women's Issues - A Risk Checklist for Women - Current Research/Statistics

Current Research/Statistics

The Memory Debate

by Deborah G. Alicen, Ph.D.

Women Underestimate Their Own Health Risk: Women Health

by Sara Wilcox, Ph.D. & Marica L. Stefanick, Ph.D.