Overview
A. Women and Prevention of Recurrent Depression
B. Psychology of Women's Health
C. "Energy Depletion Theory" of Women's Global Excess of Depression
D. "Matriarchal Studies"/Cross-cultural Psychology
A. Positive Psychology and Women's Lives
B. Neurobiology of "Flow"
A. "Integral Health" and Healing (which encompasses Integrative, Behavioral, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine, CAM; as well as Health Psychology and Psychiatry)
B. Psychology of Choosing Sustainable …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience
·
2009 - Present
Psychology & Neuroscience,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Women and depression: Research, theory, and social policy
Chapter · January 1, 2006 The World Health Organization (WHO) has found gender differences in depression in all regions of the globe and has identified clinical depression as a leading cause of disease-related disability among the worldʹs women (Demyttenaere et al., 2004). Depressi ... Full text CiteThe Energy Depletion Theory of the Excess of Depression Among Women
Journal Article American Journal of Orthopsychiatry · 2005 CiteProvider encouragement of breast-feeding: evidence from a national survey.
Journal Article Obstetrics and gynecology · February 2001 ObjectiveTo examine the influence of provider encouragement on breast-feeding among women of different social and ethnic backgrounds in the United States.MethodsA nationally representative sample of 2017 parents with children younger than ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
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ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 2001View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Texas, San Antonio ·
1977
MD./PhD.