This book provides a comprehensive approach to treating perinatal and postpartum depression. It brings together the evidence-base for understanding the causes and assessing the treatment options, including those that can be used while breastfeeding.
Heartbeats : Encouraging Words for New Moms by Sandra Byrd . Waterbrook Press , 2000 . Help Me , I'm Worried ! Overcoming Emotional Battles with the Power of God's Word ( Help Me Series ) by Joyce Meyer . Harrison House , 1997 .
Postpartum depression affects 10-15 percent of women any time from a month to a year after childbirth.
Since ancient times, this is the statement which has been followed in societies that a woman can never be fulfilled until she has become a wife and a mother.
Describes the biological reasons for postpartum depression, recounts the experiences of sufferers, and discusses the effect of parenthood on women and their husbands
This guide has been developed jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and is designed for use by all personnel involved in...
Mental disorders: diagnostic and statistical manual
Author Karen Kleiman—coauthor of the seminal book This Isn't What I Expected and founder of the acclaimed Postpartum Stress Center—comes to the aid of new mothers everywhere with a groundbreaking new source of hope, compassion, and ...
Previously, she has worked as project director on a National Institute of Nursing Research–funded study ... She was chair of a symposium on the current state of the science of drug addiction and pregnancy held by the National Institute ...
This comprehensive reference and text synthesizes a vast body of clinically useful knowledge about women's mental health and health care.
With the newest information on how genetic factors and pre-existing conditions can contribute to PPD, Conquering Postpartum Depression is the book that new mothers and even doctors reach to for authoritative and reassuring counsel.