Postpartum Mood Disorders

by Laura J. Miller

Book Overview

A surge of clinical and research interest in postpartum mood disturbances has recently lead to a greater understanding of their phenomenology, etiologies, relationships to one another and to psychiatric disorders. Summarizing these recent advances in theory, research, and treatment, Postpartum Mood Disorders hypothesizes that the traditional categories of postpartum mood disorders--postpartum "blues," postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis--are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880489294
• ISBN13: 9780880489294
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher