Understanding postpartum psychosis
Subtitle: a temporary madness
By: Teresa M. Twomey with Shoshana Bennett ; foreword by Katherine Wisner.
Publisher: Westport, Conn.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Praeger Publishers
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313353468
Subjects: Motherhood.; Postpartum depression.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: More than depression; value: Psychological views; value: Postpartum psychosis across history and in the media today; value: Legal views; value: Women like me, and you : Teresa's story; value: After the manic 'super mom' period : Laura's story; value: Two episodes of PPP : a story of recovery in five parts, Eva's story; value: Obsessions and delusions : Wanda's story; value: Suicidal thoughts, an 'evil dog,' and a call to police : Nicole's story; value: Visions of mother and child 'cut up' : Lisa's story; value: The maze of medication and recovery : Marti's story; value: Acting well but wanting to die : Sarah's story; value: Seeing a dagger, hearing voices : Tara's story; value: Suicide : a murderous illness, Melanie's story; value: 90 miles with a dead baby : Katherine's story.