A Mother's Tears: Understanding the Mood Swings That Follow Childbirth - Hardcover

Huysman, Arlene M.

9781888363708: A Mother's Tears: Understanding the Mood Swings That Follow Childbirth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1888363703 ISBN 13: 9781888363708

Publisher: Seven Stories Press, 1998

A Mother’s Tears is a specialist’s response to what Dr. Arlene Huysman refers to as the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" attitude our society has with regard to many health issues that affect women exclusively, including postpartum depression. In a penetrating investigative style, Dr. Huysman secures first hand knowledge through case histories, key interviews, and medical research from top experts in the field, to help women and their families understand once and for all that although childbirth is not always the bliss that the greeting card companies would have you believe, there is much that can be done to help.

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About the Author:

ARLENE M. HUYSMAN, PHD. is a practicing clinical psychologist specializing in mood disorders. Her pioneering work in the field is cited widely, and she gives frequent workshops and seminars at hospitals, child care agencies, and clinics around the United States. She has appeared as an expert on postpartum depression on Good Morning America and Fox News. Dr. Huysman lives in Miami, Florida.

From Library Journal:

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common illness, yet it is often overlooked and undertreated. This book is a challenge to physicians to consider PPD a significant disorder and an alert to new mothers and their families to recognize and seek professional help for PPD when it occurs. Huysman, a clinical psychologist specializing in mood disorders, provides a basic look at PPD: its causes, risk factors, symptoms, and therapeutic interventions. She extends the current thinking to suggest the existence of Progressive Postpartum Depression (PPPD), which affects mothers months or even years after childbirth and can be debilitating and dangerous. The book offers case histories of women who have overcome PPD and PPPD and of others who tragically harmed their children or themselves because their illness was never diagnosed. An important chapter by a clinical social worker with specific suggestions for getting help is also included; recommended for public and health sciences libraries.?Linda M.G. Katz, Allegheny Univ. of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia
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