| Post-Natal Depression: Psychology, Science and the Transition to Motherhood Revised Edition Contributor(s): Nicolson, Paula (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415163633 ISBN-13: 9780415163637 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: "Post-Natal Depression" challenges the expectation that it is normal to be a "happy mother." Up to 90% of new mothers experience some form of depression, but traditional medical accounts pathologize it. Arguing that many of the issues linked to post-natal depression are social rather than biological, Nicolson sets women's own accounts alongside expert evidence, and provides a radical critique of the traditional medical and social science explanations. The book supplies a systematic feminist psychological analysis of women's experiences following childbirth and argues that, far from being an abnormal, undesirable, pathological condition, post- natal depression is a normal, healthy response to a series of losses. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Women's Health - General - Health & Fitness | Pregnancy & Childbirth - Self-help | Mood Disorders - Depression |
| Dewey: 618.76 |
| LCCN: 97049218 |
| Series: Women & Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.36" W x 9.2" (0.57 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Post-Natal Depression challenges the expectation that it is normal to be a 'happy mother'. It provides a radical critique of the traditional medical and social science explanations of 'post natal depression' by supplying a systematic feminist psychological analysis of women's experiences following childbirth. Paula Nicolson argues that, far from it being an abnormal, undesirable, pathological condition, it is a normal, healthy response to a series of losses. Post Natal Depression makes an important contribution to the psychology of women and feminist research and will be of interst to psychologists, social scientists, nurses and doctors. |