Books and Articles — Postpartum Depression
Books for Adults
| Bennett, Shoshana | Beyond the Blues: Prenatal and Postpartum Depression |
| Huysman, Arlene | A Mother's Tears: Understanding the Mood Swings That Follow Childbirth |
| Kleiman, Karen | The Postpartum Husband - Practical Solutions for living with Postpartum Depression |
| Kleiman, Karen | This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression |
| Misri, Sheila | Shouldn't I be Happy: Emotional Problems of Pregnant and Postpartum Women |
| Placksin, Sally | Mothering the New Mother: Women's Feelings and Needs After childbirth A Resource and Support Guide |
| Roan, Sharon L. | Postpartum Depression - Every Woman's Guide to diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention |
Articles and Other Resources
Why Maternity Leave Is Important, by Meredith Melnick. Time Magazine, July 21, 2011.
Mothers with breastfeeding difficulties more likely to suffer postpartum depression, by Tom Hughes. UNC Healthcare, July 19, 2011. “A UNC study finds that women who have breastfeeding difficulties in the first two weeks after giving birth are more likely to suffer postpartum depression two months later compared to women without such difficulties.”
Incontinence May Increase Risk of Postpartum Depression, by Rick Nauert. Psych Central, June 21, 2011. “A new Canadian study discovers that women with urinary incontinence after giving birth are almost twice as likely to develop postpartum depression as those without incontinence.”
Time to focus on sad dads, by Tara Parker-Pope. New York Times, March 17, 2011. “Much is known about postpartum depression in women, but now researchers are calling attention to the plight of depressed fathers.”
Bush Recollection Puts Spotlight on Miscarriage, by Benedict Carey. New York Times, November 09, 2010. “When a middle-class woman miscarried in postwar America, doctors often whisked the fetus away as if there were no loss of life at all, only embarrassment; women whispered about it between themselves but hardly ever discussed it openly.”
Postpartum Depression Can Be Serious, by Rick Nauert. Psych Central, October 27, 2010. “According to researchers, maternal postpartum depression can have serious adverse effects on the mother and child relationship, resulting in an environment that can disrupt the infant's development.”
New moms, dads show increased depression risk, by Amy Norton. Reuters, September 14, 2010. “Nearly 14 percent of moms developed depression in their baby's first year, which is in line with rates of maternal postpartum depression found in past studies. Nearly 4 percent of fathers also developed depression in the first year after a child's birth.”
New mothers get enough sleep, just not good sleep, by Amy Norton. Reuters, August 30, 2010. “Researchers from West Virginia University in followed a group of new mothers and found, on average, the women got just over 7 hours of sleep a night during their babies' first four months. But the study found that sleep is also frequently disrupted with the women typically being awake for a total of two hours a night which was worrying as sleep problems and exhaustion may contribute to postpartum depression and impact work performance.”
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