Depression after childbirth
Subtitle: how to recognize, treat, and prevent postnatal depression
By: Katharina Dalton ; with Wendy M. Holton.
Contributors: Holton, Wendy M.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Postpartum depression; Puerperal psychoses; Adjustment Disorders; Puerperal Disorders
Description: Discusses the role of hormones, the action of progesterone, depression, chronic fatigue, irritability, lack of sex drive, infanticide and homicide, risk factors, premenstrual syndrome, and various treatments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-192) and index.