Beyond the Baby Blues: Anxiety and Depression During and After Pregnancy - Hardcover

Starr, Rebecca Fox

  • 3.72 out of 5 stars
    90 ratings by Goodreads
 
9781442273900: Beyond the Baby Blues: Anxiety and Depression During and After Pregnancy
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1442273909 ISBN 13: 9781442273900
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

Most people have heard of post-partum depression. What many people do not know is that anxiety and depression can be experienced during pregnancy, as well, and the impact can be both debilitating and devastating. This book is a unique combination of one woman’s story of her struggle with perinatal distress and actionable advice from a professional in the field. Rebecca Fox Starr shares her personal story of marriage, motherhood, prenatal anxiety and depression, severe postpartum anxiety and depression, recovery process and hope for the future. Woven throughout the narrative, Dr. Amy Wenzel, a specialist in the field of Perinatal Mood Disorders, provides readers with clinical information and advice, addressing risk factors, warning signs, definitions and recovery options. Stories from other women who experienced prenatal anxiety or depression are included as well. No longer do women have to suffer in silence, question their symptoms, or try to hide their feelings. Here, readers will see themselves in the narrative and understand that the devastating effects of prenatal and post-partum depression can be confirmed, treated, and managed, giving them hope for a brighter future.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Rebecca Fox Starr is a writer, blogger, podcaster and mental health advocate with an unyielding desire to help other mental health sufferers. Among her greatest accomplishments, Rebecca has used the success of her blog, Mommy, Ever After, to create a private, online forum for women, in which they are able to open up about psychological and social issues that they would otherwise be too afraid to address. Her story has been featured in The New York Times, on ABC News and in all forms of media across the world. Rebecca lives and writes with her husband and two children in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Mommy, Ever After blog can be found at www.MommyEverAfter.com.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1442273909
ISBN 13 
9781442273900
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160
Rating
  • 3.72 out of 5 stars
    90 ratings by Goodreads