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Post-Natal Depression: Psychology, Science and the Transition to Motherhood (Women and Psychology)

By Paula Nicolson

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2006
ISBN
0415163633, 9780415163637, 0415163625, 0203176502, 0203132505
LCC
RG852 .N53 1998
Google Books ID
JesUFFA-HEoC
Open Library ID
OL700908M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2331285 bytes)
Series
Women and Psychology
Edition
New edition
Pages
155\164
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

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.

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