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Post-Natal Depressionby Paula Nicolson
Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95Paula Nicolson provides a radical critique of traditional medical and social science explanations of post-natal depression; she argues that far from it being an abnormal condition it is a healthy response to a series of losses. more...
Galactorrhea - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Referencesby James N. Parker; Philip M. Parker
ICON Group International Inc. 2004; US$ 34.95This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to galactorrhea. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to galactorrhea. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and... more...
Pregnancy Bluesby Shaila Md Kulkarni Misri
Random House 2005; US$ 13.99It should be a time of joyous anticipation–the happiest time in a woman’s life. But for many women, the joys of pregnancy are clouded by feelings of fear, sadness, and confusion. And unlike postpartum depression, which is widely portrayed in the media and embraced by the medical community, depression during pregnancy has been rarely discussed and often misunderstood–until now. In this groundbreaking book–the first to focus exclusively on depression in pregnancy–Dr. Shaila Kulkarni Misri, a leading reproductive psychiatrist, draws on her twenty-five years of clinical practice and research to offer hope, help, and healing–as well as a provocative, myth-shattering examination of a subject that has too long been... more...
Hillbilly Gothicby Adrienne Martini
Simon & Schuster 2006; US$ 13.99"My family has a grand tradition. After a woman gives birth, she goes mad. I thought that I would be the one to escape." So begins Adrienne Martini's candid, compelling, and darkly humorous history of her family's and her own experiences with depression and postpartum syndrome. Illuminating depression from the inside, Martini delves unflinchingly into her own breakdown and institutionalization and traces the multigenerational course of this devastating problem. Moving back and forth between characters and situations, she vividly portrays the isolation -- geographical and metaphorical -- of the Appalachia of her forebears and the Western Pennsylvania region where she grew up. She also weaves in the stories of other women, both contemporary... more...
Postpartum Depression For Dummiesby Shoshana S. Bennett; Mary Jo Codey
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007; US$ 19.99It's a great blessing when a new mom with postpartum depression (PPD) is fortunate enough to be diagnosed early by a knowledgeable medical practitioner or therapist. But without guidance, it isn't always clear where the boundary between normal baby blues and PPD lies. As with any other illness, the quicker that PPD is identified and treated, the faster the woman will recover. Postpartum Depression For Dummies can help you begin the process of determining what’s going on with you and give you a better idea of where you fall so that you can get yourself into proper treatment right away. The book covers all aspects of PPD, from its history and its origins to its effects on women and their families to the wide variety of treatments available—including... more...
Screening for Perinatal Depressionby Carol Henshaw; Sandra Elliott
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2005; US$ 45.00Screening for perinatal depression is now widely undertaken in the UK and Europe and is attracting increasing attention. This much-needed text provides guidance for health care professionals on the issues and controversies surrounding screening and on good practice in the use of screening tests. An international author team with backgrounds in psychiatry, psychology, medicine and nursing has been brought together to discuss the available screening methods, their advantages and drawbacks. The authors investigate women's perceptions of the accessibility and usefulness of screening and of the roles of professionals (e.g. primary care staff and health visitors), and also look at ethnic minority women's experiences of health services. The role of... more...
The New Mom's Survival Guideby Jennifer Md Wider
Bantam Books 2008; US$ 13.99Why can’t I lose the extra weight? Why am I shedding like my pet golden retriever? I’m just too tired to have sex— and it hurts. What should I do? How can I tell the difference between the “baby blues” and a real depression? Why am I having so many fights with my husband? At last your baby has arrived, and you’re experiencing all the joys that come with being a new mom. But you may not have bargained on acne and enlarged feet, not to mention constipation, vaginal pain, mood swings, or perhaps one of the more serious conditions that pregnancy can trigger. So what can you do to deal with all these unexpected challenges? In this compassionate, comprehensive guide, Dr. Jennifer Wider, a physician as... more...
Postpartale Depressionby Anita Riecher-Rössler; Beate Wimmer-Puchinger
Springer 2006; US$ 49.95Die Geburt eines Kindes gehört für viele Frauen zu den besonders glücklichen Ereignissen in ihrem Leben. Doch es bedarf auch günstiger Bedingungen, um die neue Verantwortung für ein Kind tatsächlich als Glück und Bereicherung empfinden zu können. Für etwa 15 bis 20 Prozent der Frauen trifft das nicht zu. Aufgrund von psychosozialen Vorbelastungen, finanziellen Problemen, Überlastung, Partnerschaftskonflikten oder seelischen Krisen kann es bei ihnen nach der Geburt zum Auftreten von Depressionen kommen. Das Buch informiert über die verschiedenen Aspekte von Therapie und Prävention postpartaler Depression aus der Praxis der betroffenen Berufsgruppen wie ÄrztInnen, Hebammen, PsychotherapeutInnen, PsychologInnen und SozialarbeiterInnen. Wichtige... more...
Perinatal Mental Healthby John Cox; Jeni Holden
The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2003; US$ 23.00The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was designed by the authors as a simple means of screening for postnatal depression in health care settings. It can also be used by researchers seeking information on factors that influence the emotional well-being of new mothers and their families. The scale has appeared in a number of languages and 20 of these translations are included here, together with the original English version. This handbook is about the use of the EPDS and is designed for health professionals and researchers. more...
Dangerous Motherhoodby H. Marland
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2004; US$ 100.00Dangerous Motherhood is the first study of the close and complex relationship between mental disorder and childbirth. Exploring the relationship between women, their families and their doctors reveals how explanations for the onset of puerperal insanity were drawn from a broad set of moral, social and environmental frameworks, rather than being bound to ideas that women as a whole were likely to be vulnerable to mental illness. The horror of this devastating disorder which upturned the household, turned gentle mothers into disruptive and dangerous mad women, was magnified by it occurring at a time when it was anticipated that women would be most happy in the fulfillment of their role as mothers. more...









