The Cradle Will Fall

By Carl S. Burak and Michele G. Remington

Follows the personal story of Michele Remington, whose severe postpartum depression led to her murder of her infant son and a failed suicide attempt, in a firsthand account of a woman's decent into... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843939346
• ISBN13: 9780843939347
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

cradle will fall

this is an honest book about one woman's battle with postpartum depression. i commend her honesty and want to thank you for sharing her story with the world. i, too, suffer from a severe postpartum depression, with psychotic features. this has been the hardest and most difficult time of my life. alot of the feelings that michelle had experienced were right on. many people do not understand the extent that this problem brings about. it is probably the most underdiagnosed problem in the medical field. motherhood is not always a joyous time, even though we all have perfect visions of it in our minds. this woman was very courageous for sharing her story. i am sure that she will never forgive herself for what she did, she will probably only gain strength from survivng day to day. thank you for sharing your story. you have certainly brought awareness to such a tragic medical problem.

A gripping true story of the tragic effects of depression

The Cradle Will Fall is co-authored by Dr. Carl S. Burak, MD, LLD and the pseudonymous Michele Remington, a real patient of Dr. Burak's practice of psychiatric medicine.Michele's story of post-partum depression should be read by any expectant mother with a family history of depression or any physician who has a family practice or an ob/gyn specialty.Dr. Burak has practiced psychiatric medicine for many years. In his early medical career he practiced in family practice, tribal medicine, and sports medicine. He writes with a conversational style which will draw you in to the story of Michele and her family and will rivet your attention from the first page to the last.In the process you'll learn a great deal about the symptoms, treatment and hope for patients with clinical depression whose own doctors (or primary care physicians in HMO-speak)may know little or nothing about the devastating effects of an imbalance of chemicals in the brain.