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Perinatal and postpartum mood disorders : perspectives and treatment guide for the health care practitioner / Susan Dowd Stone, Alexis E. Menken, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Postpartum depression.
- Postpartum psychiatric disorders.
- Pregnant women--Mental health.
- Pregnant women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over the past three years, pregnancy related mood disorders have become the focus of health care advocates and legislators alike with subsequent reflection in nationwide media. Statistics on the prevalence of perinatal mood disorders suggest that up to 20% of women experience diagnosable pregnancy related mood disorders. The growing recognition of these common disorders, coupled with an increasing knowledge base about the dire consequences of untreated maternal depression, has propelled this issue to the fore of national public health priorities. This increasing awareness has also resulted in
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: THE IMPORTANCE OF MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH; PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON RISK FACTORS, SCREENING, AND DIAGNOSIS; PART III: PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES; PART IV: TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PERINATAL MOOD DISORDERS; Resource List; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-81283-8
- 9786611812836
- 0-8261-0117-8
- OCLC:
- 476262690
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