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Perinatal mental health : a guide for health professionals and users / Jane Hanley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.Description: 246 p. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780470510681 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 618.76 22
  • LGHEDU RG852.H25 2009
LOC classification:
  • RG852 .H36 2009
NLM classification:
  • WQ 500
Contents:
Women's mental health : from Hippocrates to Kumar -- The antenatal period -- Postnatal depression and bipolar disorder -- Psychosis, personality disorders, eating disorders, sexual issues, self harm, and suicide -- Problems associated with perinatal mental health -- Possible causes of postnatal depression -- Recognition and detection of perinatal mental health disorders -- The effect on the family -- Effects on society -- Management of postnatal depression -- The multi disciplinary team -- Global cultural practices -- An overview of womens' perinatal mental health.
Summary: This book covers most aspects of the recognition, treatment, care and management of postnatal depression and examines the way in which it affects mothers, their families, infants and society as a whole. It discusses the factors that impact and impinge on mothers' lives and how they are expected to deal with them including risk factors.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Women's mental health : from Hippocrates to Kumar -- The antenatal period -- Postnatal depression and bipolar disorder -- Psychosis, personality disorders, eating disorders, sexual issues, self harm, and suicide -- Problems associated with perinatal mental health -- Possible causes of postnatal depression -- Recognition and detection of perinatal mental health disorders -- The effect on the family -- Effects on society -- Management of postnatal depression -- The multi disciplinary team -- Global cultural practices -- An overview of womens' perinatal mental health.

This book covers most aspects of the recognition, treatment, care and management of postnatal depression and examines the way in which it affects mothers, their families, infants and society as a whole. It discusses the factors that impact and impinge on mothers' lives and how they are expected to deal with them including risk factors.

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