Post-Natal Depression: Psychology, Science and the Transition to MotherhoodRoutledge, 19 juin 2006 - 160 pages 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. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
1 Womens experience of motherhood | 5 |
2 Competing explanations of PostNatal depression | 22 |
3 The context of PostNatal depression | 34 |
4 PostNatal care and Maternity Blues | 51 |
5 Reflexivity intervention and the construction of PostNatal depression | 65 |
The ultimate paradox | 84 |
7 Knowledge myth and the meaning of PostNatal depression | 96 |
Appendix I Profiles of the participants | 107 |
Appendix II Methods | 120 |
Appendix III Interview guide | 125 |
Appendix IV Postal questionnairesent six months after delivery | 127 |
129 | |
Author Index | 138 |
143 | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Post-natal Depression: Psychology, Science, and the Transition to Motherhood Paula Nicolson Aucun aperçu disponible - 1998 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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