Motherhood and mental health / Ian Brockington.

  • Brockington, I. F.
Date:
1996
  • Books

About this work

Description

"This book sets out to display the variety of disorders which occur during pregnancy and the puerperium, which make childbearing the most complex psychological event in human experience. It provides a summary of our knowledge, set in an historical context, as a foundation for research."-- Back cover.

Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Physical description

xv, 612 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm.

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Contributors

Notes

Copy 1. Donor: Family of Sheila Kitzinger.

Contents

1. The desire for children -- 2. Pregnancy and mental health -- 3. A portfolio of postpartum disorders -- 4. Puerperal psychosis -- 5. Infant loss -- 6. The mother-infant relationship -- 7. Child abuse and neglect -- 8. Infanticide -- 9. Drugs, prescribed and abused -- 10. Postpartum mental illness and the family -- 11. Services -- Appendix: Structured interview for pregnancy-related disorders.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN

  • 0192621262
  • 9780192621269