TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brockington,I.F.
TI  - Motherhood and mental health
T2  - Oxford medical publications
SN  - 9780192629357 (pbk.) :
AV  - RG850 .B76 1998
U1  - 618.7 BRO 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Postpartum depression
KW  - Puerperium
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Postpartum psychiatric disorders
KW  - Motherhood
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Mental health
KW  - Health and Wellbeing
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Gynaecology & obstetrics
KW  - thema
KW  - Neonatal medicine
KW  - Psychiatry
KW  - Clinical psychology
N1  - Originally published: 1996; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The Desire for Children:- Infertility--Adoption--Pseudocyesis--Child stealing--The end of childbearing--2. Pregnancy and Mental Health:- Pregnancy adjustment--Abortion--Mental Illness during pregnancy--The psychopathology of parturition--3. A portfolio of Postpartum Disorders:- The normal puerperium--Summary of postpartum psychiatric disorders--Psychoses of early onset--The \'maternity blues\'--Stress reactions--Anxiety--Obsessional disorders--Depression--Loss of libido--4. Puerperal Psychosis:- History--Nosology--Features of the illness--Treatment and prophylaxis--Aetiology--The picture puzzle--5. Infant Loss:- Perinatal death--Sudden infant death syndrome--Children\'s reactions to sibling death--6. The Mother-Infant Relationship:- The normal relationship--The infant\'s contribution--Observation and measurement of mother-infant interaction--Clinical experience of disorders--7. Child Abuse and Neglect:- History--Frequency--Forms of abuse--Forms of neglect--Causes--Management--8. Infanticide:- Neonaticide--Filicide--9. Drugs, Prescribed and Abused:- Effects of drugs in pregnancy--Drugs of prescription--Drugs of addiction--10. Postpartum Mental Illness and the Family:- The father--Effect on the children--11. Services:- Psychiatric mother and baby units--Community services--Voluntary agencies--An interview
N2  - This volume aims to display the great variety of disorders which can occur during pregnancy and the post-partum period. The author provides a comprehensive contemporary and historical review of this field of study
ER  -