What happens when a new mother says she is "fine," but really she is not? Postnatal depression, an illness which affects four in ten new mothers, is still stigmatized, and devastatingly misunderstood. In this book, author Bridget Hargreave charts her own experiences of depression following the birth of her sons, and she records the histories of a collection of mothers with a diverse range of perinatal mental health problems, such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and antenatal depression. The book includes the stories of: a mother who was hospitalized with severe depression, a...
What happens when a new mother says she is "fine," but really she is not? Postnatal depression, an illness which affects four in ten new mothers, is s...
