Understanding Postpartum Psychosis: A Temporary Madness
- ISBN-10
- 0313353468
- ISBN-13
- 9780313353468
- Category
- Medical / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health
- Pages
- 173
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Teresa M. Twomey
Description
Threaded with in-depth stories from women who experienced postpartum psychosis - including one who committed infanticide - this unique and absorbing work offers psychological, medical, legal, and historical perspectives on this potentially deadly mental illness.
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- 2009-03-20
- 200 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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