title: Psychosocial aspects of women's lives: work, family, and life cycle issues.
abstract: Over the past century and continuing to evolve into the twenty-first century, there have been dramatic changes in work and personal/family lives within the United States. These changes, though strongly affecting men and children, have impacted most dramatically on women's lives, particularly white, middle-class women. Psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians need to be aware of the scope and nature of these changes and to recognize that their own personal experiences and values might differ from those of women of different generations as well as different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University Medical Center, 2300 Eye Street N.W., Washington, DC 20037, USA. diane.shrier.med.64@aya.yale.edu
authors.forename: Diane K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Shrier
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D011584:Psychology; D017406:Sexual Harassment; D012931:Social Environment; D017132:Workplace