ABSTRACT
The book examines the major issues in perinatal clinical psychology with the presence of theoretical information and operational indications, through a biopsychosocial approach.
The multiplicity of scientific information reported makes this book both a comprehensive overview on the major perinatal mental health disorders and illnesses, and a clinical guide. It covers perinatal clinical psychology through a journey of 15 chapters, putting the arguments on a solid theoretical basis and reporting multiple operational indications of great utility for daily clinical practice. It has well documented new evidence bases in the field of clinical psychology that have underpinned the conspicuous current global and national developments in perinatal mental health.
As such, it is an excellent resource for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners – in fact, anyone and everyone who wishes to understand and rediscover, in a single opera, the current scientific and application scenario related to psychological health during pregnancy and after childbirth.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|36 pages
Stress
chapter 2|17 pages
Fetal Exposure to Mother’s Distress
part II|103 pages
Procreation, Pregnancy, and Delivery
chapter 3|17 pages
‘A Precipice in Time’ – Reproductive Biotechnology
chapter 5|21 pages
Prenatal Diagnosis
part III|70 pages
Postnatal Period
chapter 8|25 pages
Beyond the Blues
chapter 10|11 pages
Emotional and Practical Needs in Postpartum Women
part IV|82 pages
Risk of Psychopathology and Prevention