Screen LibraryBeyond the baby blues : anxiety and depression during and after pregnancy /
Anxiety and depression can be experienced during pregnancy, as well as post-partum, and the impact can be both debilitating and devastating. Fox Starr shares her personal story of marriage, motherhood, prenatal anxiety and depression, severe postpartum anxiety and depression, recovery process and ho...
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Rowman & Littlefield,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Anxiety and depression can be experienced during pregnancy, as well as post-partum, and the impact can be both debilitating and devastating. Fox Starr shares her personal story of marriage, motherhood, prenatal anxiety and depression, severe postpartum anxiety and depression, recovery process and hope for the future. Woven throughout the narrative is information and advice that addresses risk factors, warning signs, definitions and recovery options. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 141 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781442273900 1442273909 |
| Index Number: | RG852 |
| CLC: | R714.46 |
| Call Number: | R714.46/F794 |
| Contents: | Part I: A happy story. First comes love : a pregnant paws and other crazy tales -- Part II: A hard story. Professional perspective on prenatal distress ; Uncomfortably numb : the beginning of my prenatal distress ; "I didn't know exactly what it was, but I knew to fear it" : my prenatal anxiety and depression ; Violated expectations of magic : Dr. Amy Wenzel's clinical experience with prenatal distress ; "I see the light going out in your eyes" : the beginning of my postpartum depression ; A bicycle built for two (it that bicycle were actually an ER suite) : my severe postpartum depression - |