Postpartum Depression: A Comprehensive Approach for Nurses (Clinical Nursing Research series) [Paperback]

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett (Author), Glenda Kaufman Kantor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0803950357 | ISBN-13: 978-0803950351

This book integrates recent research on postpartum depression (PPD), organizing it into a conceptual model and providing specific steps that can help professionals identify mothers who might be suffering from postpartum depression. The author proposes a model based on five independent risk factors that combine biological and psychosocial views: hormonal factors, other biological factors, traumatic birth experiences, infant factors and psychosocial factors. Attention is paid to how it can be used to develop individual treatment plans and how nurses can build a resource network to help the new mother find community-based resources.

Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc (December 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803950357
• ISBN-13: 978-0803950351
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,133,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC, FAPA is a health psychologist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and owner/editor-in-chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Amarillo, Texas, and Research Associate at the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in both the Divisions of Health and Trauma Psychology, Associate Editor of the journal Psychological Trauma, and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Lactation. She is author of more than 310 journal articles, book chapters and other publications, and author or editor of 21 books in the fields of trauma, women's health, depression, and breastfeeding, including Depression in New Mothers, 2nd Edition (2010, Routledge), and Breastfeeding Made Simple, 2nd Edition (2010, New Harbinger, co-authored with Nancy Mohrbacher).

Dr. Kendall-Tackett received a Bachelor's and Master's degree in psychology from California State University, Chico, and a Ph.D. from Brandeis University in social and developmental psychology. She has won several awards including the Outstanding Research Study Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and Distinguished Alumna, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, California State University, Chico. In 2011, she received the John Kennell & Marshall Klaus Award for Excellence in Research from DONA International (with co-recipient Thomas Hale),and the Community Faculty Award from the Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University School of Medicine. Her websites are UppityScienceChick.com, BreastfeedingMadeSimple.com, KathleenKendall-Tackett.com, and PraeclarusPress.com.