Postpartum Depression

This new volume in the PERSPECTIVES ON DISEASES & DISORDERS series provides an overview of postpartum depression, including diagnosis, prevention, and current research. Controversies surrounding postpartum depression - including the necessity of screening, the impact of postpartum depression on breastfeeding, and postpartum depression as a legal defense - are also addressed. Personal stories of people impacted by postpartum depression, including a mother living through postpartum psychosis and a husband going through postpartum depression with this wife, are featured in the text.