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Disappointed
I was also disappointed with this book; it just wasn't helpful.I have a long history of depression and my husband and I are trying to get pregnant.This book made me feel even more confused about my situation.
worthless book
I don't like this book at all. I could hardly get myself to read it. It is all over the place with whether it's focus is figuring out if you are mentally ill or have depression and is filled with fear based information that feel like threats to me. Read Pregnancy Blues instead. That is the only book you will need to help you feel like depression is normal as well as guide you through your decisions about how to get help with pregnancy and depression. Don't buy this book. It is as though the author wanted to write 10 books and this one is instead an outline of what could be covered in 10 if she actually wrote more throughly. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Depression    2. Mental Depression    3. Pregnancy    4. Pregnancy & Childbirth    5. Psychology    6. Self-Help   

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This was great
Having had PPD myself, I found this to be the best book on the market for "hearing" stories of other women like me.Most of the books out there are very clinical or a story of a single person.Because this provided a greater portrait of the women themselves, it provided the most healing for me.We need more books like this. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1964    2. Aiken, Cara,    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Depression    6. Health    7. Mental Depression    8. Patients    9. Postnatal care    10. Postpartum depression    11. Pregnancy    12. Pregnancy & Childbirth    13. Psychological aspects    14. Self-Help    15. Women    16. Coping with personal problems    17. Women's health   

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Subjects:  1. Childbirth    2. Family/Marriage    3. Postnatal care    4. Postpartum depression    5. Prevention   

Subjects:  1. Childbirth    2. Depression    3. General    4. Health/Fitness    5. Mental Depression    6. Postpartum depression    7. Psychiatry - General    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - General    10. Puerperal Disorders    11. etiology   

Subjects:  1. Depression    2. Gynecology & Obstetrics    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Self-Help    5. Coping with illness    6. Pregnancy, birth & baby care    7. Women's health   

Subjects:  1. Childbirth    2. Exercise for women    3. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    4. General    5. Gynecology & Obstetrics    6. Health/Fitness    7. Postnatal care    8. Postpartum depression    9. Prevention   

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If you're looking for help, look elsewhere
This is a great informational book. I'd highly recommend it to OB/GYNs and health care providers.It is not a self-help supplement to therapy or treatment.

Denouncing the tendency to criminalize affected mothers
The Postpartum Effect: Deadly Depression In Mothers by Arlene Huysman (a practicing clinical psychologist specializing in mood disorders) cites and explains a specifically defined clinical depression experienced by some mothers who are so stricken with this devastating condition that they were tempted to harm themselves or their children. Huysman also cites and explains common misconceptions about what can be a quite severe illness arising from the aftermath of giving birth. Denouncing society's tendency to criminalize affected mothers, The Postpartum Effect is a profound and welcome contribution to Parenting Studies, Health and Medicine Studies, and Psychology Studies dealing with Postpartum Depression. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Depression    2. Gynecology & Obstetrics    3. Postpartum depression    4. Pregnancy & Childbirth    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - General    7. Self-Help    8. Women's Studies - General    9. Pregnancy, birth & baby care    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    11. Women's health   

Subjects:  1. Childbirth    2. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    3. General    4. Health/Fitness    5. Postpartum depression    6. Stress (Psychology)    7. Self-Help / General   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. General    4. Gynecology & Obstetrics    5. Mental Health    6. Psychology    7. Women's Health - General    8. Biography: general    9. Clinical psychology    10. POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Health   

Subjects:  1. Depression    2. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    3. Pregnancy & Childbirth    4. Psychology    5. Women's Health - General    6. Coping with illness    7. Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth   

Subjects:  1. Health and hygiene    2. Mental health    3. Mothers    4. Postpartum depression   

Subjects:  1. Depression    2. Depressive Disorder    3. Mental Depression    4. Obstetrics    5. Postpartum psychiatric disorde    6. Research    7. Social aspects    8. Gynaecology & obstetrics    9. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Developmental - Child    3. Emotions    4. Gynecology & Obstetrics    5. Infant Psychology    6. Mental Depression    7. Psychology    8. Child & developmental psychology    9. Pregnancy, birth & baby care    10. Psychiatry    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology    12. Child Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Depression    2. Psychology    3. Self-Help    4. Coping with illness   

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Get it from the Source
Dr. Dalton give the true reason for PPD. She understands that PPD is a physical disorder of the hormones rather than a mood disorder that psychiatrists treat with suppressive drugs and electroshock. My sister had severe PPD. If I had had this book, I could have saved her life. Instead, she was put on drugs that actually made the problem worse. Dr. Dalton has respect for women and their unique hormonal biology and gives real answers to very important questions.

Get it from the Source
Dr. Dalton give the true reason for PPD. She understands that PPD is a physical disorder of the hormones rather than a mood disorder that psychiatrists treat with suppressive drugs and electroshock. My sister had severe PPD. If I had had this book, I could have saved her life. Instead, she was put on drugs that actually made the problem worse. Dr. Dalton has respect for women and their unique hormonal biology and gives real answers to very important questions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adjustment Disorders    2. Depression    3. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    4. Postpartum depression    5. Pregnancy & Childbirth    6. Puerperal Disorders    7. Puerperal psychoses    8. Self-Help   

Subjects:  1. Comics & Cartoons    2. Depression    3. General    4. Humor    5. Self-Help    6. Comic book & cartoon art    7. Pregnancy, birth & baby care   

Subjects:  1. 3189857    2. Reference / General   

Subjects:  1. Depression    2. Psychology    3. Psychology / Depression