Midwifery Essentials Perinatal Mental Health

• Main Author: Anderson, Michelle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London, United Kingdom Elsevier Health Sciences 2022
• Subjects: Perinatal Care > psychology; Pregnant Women > Mental Health
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With up to 20% of women developing a mental health problem during pregnancy or within a year of giving birth, Perinatal Mental Health provides the UK's first practical guide aimed specifically at the midwives who care for them. The book combines clinical and theoretical approaches to midwifery...

Table of Contents:

• Perinatal mental illness - It's not all in the mind - Chapter 1: An overview of perinatal mental health conditions - Chapter 2: Pharmacological interventions in perinatal mental health - Chapter 3: Psychological concerns in pregnancy - Chapter 4: Complex social factors - Chapter 5: Mental health and cultural perspectives - Chapter 6: Parent-infant relationship - Chapter 7: The perinatal mental health midwifery toolkit - Chapter 8: Men, trans/masculine and non-binary people and midwifery care - Chapter 9: Exploration of extraneous factors that may contribute to the development of prenatal mental illness - Appendics - Index