Each year 400,000 new mothers experience postpartum depression, a condition far more serious than the “baby blues” that strike 50-80% of women following birth. In fact, postpartum depression can last for months and pose serious health risks to mother and baby. Many pregnancy education materials mention the disorder, but because it is not emphasized, many women suffer needlessly from what interviewees describe as the double “shame” and confusion of being depressed at such an otherwise happy time. Featuring Dr. Ruta Nonacs, a staff psychiatrist with the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, More Than Baby Blues combines interviews with women, couples, and physicians who discuss symptoms and strategies for coping. While not specifically mentioned here, Andrea Yates' (the Houston, TX mother accused of drowning her five children) postpartum psychosis--a condition suffered by 1-2 women per thousand--has raised people's awareness about what one nurse terms the “postpartum endocrine crisis.” This should be mandatory viewing in OB offices along with “eating right” and “how-to nurse” tapes. Highly recommended. Editor's Choice. Aud: C, P. (R. Reagan)
More Than Baby Blues: Unmasking Postpartum Depression
(2003) 30 min. $79.95 (resource booklet included). Paraclete Press. PPR. Color cover. ISBN: 1-55725-329-3. Volume 18, Issue 3
More Than Baby Blues: Unmasking Postpartum Depression
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