The Psychoses of Menstruation and Childbearing
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The Psychoses of Menstruation and Childbearing

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
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The Psychoses of Menstruation and Childbearing

About this book

Childbearing, from the standpoint of psychological medicine, is the most complex event in human experience. Of the dozens of disorders that affect the generative process, or are unleashed as complications, many fall under the heading of 'psychoses' - profound disturbances of thought, perception, cognition and behaviour. These psychoses disrupt personal and family life at a critical time. Reviewing the wide range of psychoses that complicate the reproductive process, Ian Brockington proposes radical changes to the concepts of postpartum and menstrual psychoses, with suggestions for fresh research initiatives. Armed with this comprehensive knowledge and wielding a raft of interventions, many women can be restored to health and their vital roles in the family and community. When the risk factors are known, multidisciplinary preventive strategies can transform the lives of vulnerable women. This is essential reading for psychiatrists, obstetricians and gynaecologists, midwives, general practitioners, neuroscientists and related professions worldwide.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. List of abbreviations and printing conventions
  11. Section 1 Introduction
  12. Section 2 The Organic Psychoses of Pregnancy and the Puerperium
  13. Section 3 The Psychopathology of Parturition
  14. Section 4 Non-Organic Psychoses of Childbearing
  15. Section 5 Menstrual Psychosis
  16. Section 6 The Challenge and the Opportunity
  17. Appendix: The Anne Roper Interview
  18. Index