The Postpartum Effect: Deadly Depression in Mothers

by Arlene Huysman

Book Overview

A clinical psychologist specializing in mood disorders provides a primer on the causes and cures of postpartum depression--a common but long-overlooked illness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583225552
• ISBN13: 9781583225554
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

If you're looking for help, look elsewhere

This is a great informational book. I'd highly recommend it to OB/GYNs and health care providers. It is not a self-help supplement to therapy or treatment.

Denouncing the tendency to criminalize affected mothers

The Postpartum Effect: Deadly Depression In Mothers by Arlene Huysman (a practicing clinical psychologist specializing in mood disorders) cites and explains a specifically defined clinical depression experienced by some mothers who are so stricken with this devastating condition that they were tempted to harm themselves or their children. Huysman also cites and explains common misconceptions about what can be a quite severe illness arising from the aftermath of giving birth. Denouncing society's tendency to criminalize affected mothers, The Postpartum Effect is a profound and welcome contribution to Parenting Studies, Health and Medicine Studies, and Psychology Studies dealing with Postpartum Depression.