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Pregnancy Blues : What Every Woman Needs to Know about Depression During Pregnancy
Shaila Kulkarni Misri, M.D.
Delta
September 2006
336 pages ISBN: 0385338678 Trade Size (reprint)
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It should be a time of joyous anticipation–the happiest
time in a woman’s life. But for many women, the joys of
pregnancy are clouded by feelings of fear, sadness, and
confusion. And unlike postpartum depression, which is
widely portrayed in the media and embraced by the medical
community, depression during pregnancy has been rarely
discussed and often misunderstood–until now. In this
groundbreaking book–the first to focus exclusively on
depression in pregnancy–Dr. Shaila Kulkarni Misri, a
leading reproductive psychiatrist, draws on her twenty-
five years of clinical practice and research to offer
hope, help, and healing–as well as a provocative, myth-
shattering examination of a subject that has too long been
shrouded in darkness. The numbers are surprising: up to 70 percent of pregnant
women experience some degree of depressive symptoms, and
of those, 12 percent meet the diagnostic criteria for
major depression. Although it is at least as common as
postpartum depression, which occurs after a child’s birth,
pregnancy-related depression is often cloaked in silence,
shame, and denial. Pregnancy Blues lifts the veil on this
heartbreaking–and very treatable–
illness, examining the key social and biological factors
that can come together during pregnancy to create a
climate in which depression and anxiety thrive, as well as
offering the many effective treatments that are available.
Discover: • How to recognize the signs and symptoms of depression–
and know when to seek help
• The role of female hormones: why women are more
vulnerable to depression than men
• How depression can “hide” behind physical complaints,
such as back, stomach, or even chest pain
• The unspoken connection between infertility and
depression
• The antidepressant controversy: the facts on specific
drugs, their safety–and when medication is the right
choice
• Breastfeeding and medication–the risks and benefits
Plus helpful self-tests and resources, information on
alternative treatment options–from therapy to acupuncture–
and much more. A work of daring and compassion, Pregnancy
Blues challenges the underlying traditions and beliefs
surrounding pregnancy and motherhood–and explores how
those misconceptions have led to the drastic
underdiagnosis and undertreatment of depression during
pregnancy. A must-read for women and those who love them,
Pregnancy Blues is at once an extraordinary roadmap
to healing and an eye-opening report on a medical issue
that no woman can afford to miss.
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