"As a psychotherapist and educator of future mental health
practitioners, I believe this work fills an important gap in
reference books for professionals who care for childbearing women.
Since the volume provides invaluable neurobiological research on
depression and anxiety, I recommend this work to all health and
mental health professionals."--Illness, Crisis and Loss
Over the past three years, pregnancy related mood disorders have
become the focus of health care advocates and legislators alike
with subsequent reflection in nationwide media. Statistics on the
prevalence of perinatal mood disorders suggest that up to 20% of
women experience diagnosable pregnancy related mood disorders. The
growing recognition of these common disorders, coupled with an
increasing knowledge base about the dire consequences of untreated
maternal depression, has propelled this issue to the fore of
national public health priorities.
This increasing awareness has also resulted in recent
legislative and healthcare initiatives to screen, assess, and treat
such disorders. On April 13, 2006, Governor Jon S. Corzine (D -NJ)
signed a law requiring all new mothers to be educated and screened
for postpartum depression. This law is the first of its kind in the
country, but many states and federal advocates are proposing
similar laws. The motivation for states and the federal government
to adopt education and screening program is high and may soon be a
federal mandate. But a major barrier to successful implementation
of such programs is the lack of available resources to train
healthcare professionals in this specialty.
This book offers a major resource for healthcare professionals,
mental health professionals, and medical, nursing, psychology, and
social work students who will be confronting this problem in their
practices. The contributions, by renowned experts, fill a glaring
gap in the knowledge professionals need in order to successfully
manage maternal mental health.
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