Post-Natal Depression : Psychology, Science and the Transition to Motherhood
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Women and Psychology
ISBN-10
0415163633
ISBN-13
9780415163637
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 18th, 1998
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
258 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.70 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Gender studies: womenPsychology
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Paula Nicolson provides a radical critique of traditional medical and social science explanations of post-natal depression; she argues that far from it being an abnormal condition it is a healthy response to a series of losses.
Post-Natal Depression challenges the expectation that it is normal to be a ''happy mother''. It provides a radical critique of the traditional medical and social science explanations of ''post natal depression'' by supplying a systematic feminist psychological analysis of women''s experiences following childbirth. Paula Nicolson argues that, far from it being an abnormal, undesirable, pathological condition, it is a normal, healthy response to a series of losses.
Post Natal Depression makes an important contribution to the psychology of women and feminist research and will be of interst to psychologists, social scientists, nurses and doctors.
Post Natal Depression makes an important contribution to the psychology of women and feminist research and will be of interst to psychologists, social scientists, nurses and doctors.
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