Postnatal Depression
Facing the Paradox of Loss, Happiness and Motherhood
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Beschreibung
Why do I feel so sad when I am so happy? I must be a badmother.
Having a baby is usually a reason for happiness and celebration.Depression after childbirth causes emotional pain and sufferingthat lives side by side with the joy. That is the underlyingparadox and it is that paradox that frequently leads to sense ofbewilderment and guilt.
Through the stories of 24 women trying to negotiate their lives asmothers, Paula Nicolson helps women understand more about therealities of motherhood. Ninety percent of new mothers findthemselves in tears and feeling "down" soon after giving birth andone in ten will become depressed during the first year. PostnatalDepression: Facing the paradox of loss, happiness and motherhoodshows how better self-knowledge and a greater understanding of PNDcan help lift the burden and restore self esteem and harmony tomothers and their families.
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Paula Nicolson
Themen in »Postnatal Depression«
Clinical Psychology Klinische Psychologie Parenting Psychologie Psychology Ratgeber Ratgeber Erziehung Ratgeber Genesung u. Erholung Recovery Self-Help
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"..It performs, in a womanlike fashion, the important job ofdepathologising postnatal sadness...this is the ideal.." (TheTimes, 3 December 2001)
"..this book should be a 'must read' for dads, grandparents,anyone in the caring profession and any women who is about totackle the monumental task of becoming a mother."(www.familyonwards.com 14 February 2002)
"It recognises how things are today with families living farapart, and the ever increasing load a mother has to carry." (YoungMinds Magazine, May/June 2002)
"...In the patients' library this book could be extremelyuseful..." (Family Practice, Vol.19, No. 4, 2002)
"...I would recommend this book to any pregnantwoman,...Well done to the author!!..."(Forparentsbyparents.com, 28 March 2003)
"...I would like to end by recommending pages 170-172 topsycho-therapists dealing with depression across theboard...and also to those dealing with other mental disorder."(Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol.44, No. 6,2003)
"...a clear and practical book..." (The Sun, 16September 2003)
"...definitely a book I would recommend for all." (PrimaryHealth Care, September 2003)
"...gets to the heart of the matter...expectingand new mothers are shown how to take a more realisticapproach..." (Stress News, April 2004)
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