Books

This book provides significant information about the course of mental illness during pregnancy and postpartum to help guide successful treatment based on the patient's wishes. An important topic that is covered is breast-feeding while taking antidepressant medication, which is a top priority today.

This book is a comprehensive resource for health care professionals and students who work with patients with postpartum mood disorders. Contributions by renowned PPD experts seek to provide information--from assessment and treatment to familial and social implications--that professionals need in order to successfully manage maternal mental health.

This book, geared toward psychologists and psychiatrists, deals solely with the effect of PPD on child development by gathering research from leading authorities in the field.

Intended for clinicians, midwives, OB-GYN nurse practitioners, and women's health practitioners providing postpartum care, this book outlines the 6 different mood and anxiety disorders that may present during a woman's postpartum year.

Shoshana Bennett, Ph.D. (author of Postpartum Depression for Dummies) covers the most important mental health concerns facing women who are pregnant or thinking about pregnancy. Safety regarding medication and alternative treatments in pregnancy for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and other mood issues are thoroughly discussed. Practical tips and simple guidelines are provided. Easy reading, and invaluable, up-to-date information is provided.

The purpose of "The Smiling Mask" book is to create awareness, understanding, and acceptance of postpartum difficulties, as well as to bring peace and validation to mothers and fathers by engaging and empowering families, and communities in the life-changing and natural experience of parenthood.

This book is a comprehensive guide to screening, assessment, and therapies for both clinicians and the women they treat. Karen Kleinman is the author of a number of books about postpartum depression.

The authors of this guide to self-help and professional treatment of PPD explain the misconceptions surrounding PPD and provide support and advice for women with the disorder.

This book provides an understanding of PPD drawn from current theories and a combination of key research with an outline for intervention. The clinical programs and interventions outlined in the book have been found to be effective in reducing postnatal depression.

Dr. Lucy Puryear, a psychiatrist specializing in women's reproductive mental health, notes that most obstetricians and gynecologists have no training in psychological disorders, thus leaving perinatal women to attend to their emotional issues without support. Puryear offers an informative resource that takes women from before conception to postpartum, drawing on her own practice and personal wisdom as the mother of four as well as current research.

The authors delve into the topic of why almost twice as many women as men suffer from depression or anxiety. Here, they share their unique self-care program, NURSE: Nourishment and Needs, Understanding, Rest and Relaxation, Spirituality, and Exercise, which is intended to help the brain self-stabilize and prevent future problems.