Research findings and clinical practice are combined in this guide to the screening of women for postnatal disorders, and to the setting up and auditing of services for postnatal depression. The text covers all perinatal psychiatric disorders, as well as their effects on infants and partners. Full details are given on the use of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. The book includes 11 translations of this scale, along with instructions for its use in different cultures. This text should be of interest to psychiatrists, health visitors, psychologists, midwives, nurses and social workers.
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 138 mm
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978-0-902241-68-8 (9780902241688)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction and classification dilemmas; organization and function of services; auditing services; prevention of adverse effects of perinatal maternal mental illness on the developing child; can non-psychotic depression be prevented?; personality dysfunction, marital problems and postnatal depression; hormonal theories and therapy for postnatal depression; origins and development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in clinical practice; postpartum depression - identification and measurement in a cross-cultural context; the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and its predecessors; the use of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in research to explore the relationship between antenatal and postnatal dysphoria; beyond the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; uses and misuses of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in primary care; towards an expressive psychotherapy useful in a community setting.
