Postpartum Depression: Every Woman's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention [Paperback]

Sharon L. Roan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

Postpartum Depression offers a comprehensive , authoritative guide to this disorder. It includes solution s to problems ranging from minor adjustment disorders to sev ere depressions, and reveals the personal experiences of doz ens of women. '

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About the Author

Sharon L. Roan is the personal health columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the recipient of many awards for her research.

Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corp; 1st edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558507655
• ISBN-13: 978-1558507654
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,283,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was looking for, February 9, 2000

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J. Hill "never enough books" (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Postpartum Depression: Every Woman's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention (Paperback)

Although this book is informative for a reader who wants to learn about post partum depression, it wasn't what I needed as someone who suffers from PPD. The book discusses risk factors, theories about the cause of PPD, prevention, the challenging adjustment to motherhood...As a mother of three, I had already adjusted to motherhood twice before without major incident. While a mother is in the throes of depression, she really doesn't want to read about risk factors or what she could have done regarding prevention. Such ideas are useless once you are already suffering. I was looking for a book that would offer me some comfort and reassurance. I was hoping to read about other women's experiences, and what I could do for myself. Aditionally, I found the book to be inconsistant in that it sometimes addressed the suffering mother directly ("you")and other times addressed a third party: "Helping the new mother..." I was looking for a book written exclusively for the mother suffering from PPD, not for people wanting to learn about the illness.