Postnatal Depression
1st Edition
Published on 24. November 2016
160 pages
978-0-00-739969-7 (ISBN)
Description
A sensitive and practical look at all types of postnatal depression and what you can do about it.
There can be many reasons why more than one in ten new mothers experience post natal depression:
* a social and emotional response to becoming a new mother
* a lack of progesterone after birth
* depressive illness which may need prescription of antidepressants
Heather Welford explores, mostly from the sufferer's position, exactly what PND is, why it occurs and what to do. An essentially practical and sympathetic book with useful case studies of mothers, family and friends throughout.
This is a book to cover each end of the spectrum from loneliness, extreme fatigue, frustration or lack of confidence to post-natal psychosis.
There can be many reasons why more than one in ten new mothers experience post natal depression:
* a social and emotional response to becoming a new mother
* a lack of progesterone after birth
* depressive illness which may need prescription of antidepressants
Heather Welford explores, mostly from the sufferer's position, exactly what PND is, why it occurs and what to do. An essentially practical and sympathetic book with useful case studies of mothers, family and friends throughout.
This is a book to cover each end of the spectrum from loneliness, extreme fatigue, frustration or lack of confidence to post-natal psychosis.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
5 b/w illus, Index
File size
0,36 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-00-739969-7 (9780007399697)
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Heather Welford
Postnatal Depression
Book
07/1998
Thorsons
€27.43
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Heather Welford contributes widely to pregnancy and childcare magazines and worked on the advice pages of Parents for 17 years. She is the author of many publications for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and 17 books on parenting
