Postpartum Depression: Every Woman's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Rating:
Summary: Not what I was looking for
Review: Although this book is informative for a reader who wants to learn about post partum depression, it wasn't what I needed as someone who suffers from PPD. The book discusses risk factors, theories about the cause of PPD, prevention, the challenging adjustment to motherhood...As a mother of three, I had already adjusted to motherhood twice before without major incident. While a mother is in the throes of depression, she really doesn't want to read about risk factors or what she could have done regarding prevention. Such ideas are useless once you are already suffering. I was looking for a book that would offer me some comfort and reassurance. I was hoping to read about other women's experiences, and what I could do for myself. Aditionally, I found the book to be inconsistant in that it sometimes addressed the suffering mother directly ("you")and other times addressed a third party: "Helping the new mother..." I was looking for a book written exclusively for the mother suffering from PPD, not for people wanting to learn about the illness.

Rating:
Summary: Not what I was looking for
Review: Although this book is informative for a reader who wants to learn about post partum depression, it wasn't what I needed as someone who suffers from PPD. The book discusses risk factors, theories about the cause of PPD, prevention, the challenging adjustment to motherhood...As a mother of three, I had already adjusted to motherhood twice before without major incident. While a mother is in the throes of depression, she really doesn't want to read about risk factors or what she could have done regarding prevention. Such ideas are useless once you are already suffering. I was looking for a book that would offer me some comfort and reassurance. I was hoping to read about other women's experiences, and what I could do for myself. Aditionally, I found the book to be inconsistant in that it sometimes addressed the suffering mother directly ("you")and other times addressed a third party: "Helping the new mother..." I was looking for a book written exclusively for the mother suffering from PPD, not for people wanting to learn about the illness.