A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE

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Dr. Ruta Nonacs M.D. Ph.D. is the associate director of the Center for Womens Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.Depression affects women almost twice as often as men with about one in four women suffering from it at some point in her lifetime. While depression may strike at any time studies show that women appear to be particularly vulnerable during their childbearing years. This comprehensive and empathetic book confronts the seldomtalkedabout issue of pregnancyrelated depression identifying symptoms treatments and cures for this constellation of serious underdiagnosed and surprisingly common emotional conditions. Topics covered include the emotional repercussions of infertility and miscarriage depression during pregnancy postpartum depression and anxiety and the impact of maternal depression on spouse and family. Also addressed are the many aspects of a womans life career education marriage and a host of other factors that may increase her stress during the span of her childbearing years and make her especially susceptible to emotional difficulties. Straightforward honest and sensitive A Deeper Shade of Blue speaks directly to women at risk of or suffering from depression within the context of childbearing and provides the information they need to get the best care during pregnancy and beyond.A Deeper Shade of Blue takes great steps to provide us with a clear road map to a more complete understanding of depression during the childbearing years...Failure to recognize and treat [this] depression...cannot be an option. from the Foreword by Lee S. Cohen M.D.This book is unique because it discusses depression within the context of womens health needs but it will be useful for anyone seeking indepth information about the disease. Highly recommended. Library JournalTimely and critical. A lot has been written about postpartum depression but very little about depression pertaining to the entire process of childbearing and rearing. Dr. Nonacs has done a fantastic job of illuminating and elucidating this condition in prose that is at once authoritative and empathic. I am thankful for her book in particular and her work in general. Lauren Slater author of Opening Skinners Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century

Data Publikacji: 2007-08-28
Wymiary: 9.25 in 234.95 mm 6.125 in 155.57 mm 1.1 in 27.94