Description
Book SynopsisThe 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
Trade Review
Rosa Maria Quatraro and Pietro Grussu have brought together a collection of outstanding international researchers and clinicians who deeply enrich our understanding of the full range maternal perinatal psychological disorders – stress to PTSD, their effects on the developing fetus, infant, and family. The book also provides a theoretical and clinical guidance for dealing with them and alleviating suffering.
Edward Tronick, PhD
Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship Program, University of Massachusetts Boston
and Department of Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA
This handbook is an invaluable resource for all working to improve women’s perinatal mental health and well-being. The issues covered, from theory to practice, from women to families, are comprehensive and evidence informed.
Debra Bick RM, BA, MMedSci, PhD
Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, United Kingdom
A bio-psycho-social approach in perinatal health care is essential. This book prepares professionals in the field with an excellent overview of the interdisciplinary aspects along with comprehensive practical advice.
K. Marieke Paarlberg, MD PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
"Rosa Maria Quatraro and Pietro Grussu have brought together a collection of outstanding international researchers and clinicians who deeply enrich our understanding of the full range maternal perinatal psychological disorders – stress to PTSD, their effects on the developing fetus, infant, and family. The book also provides a theoretical and clinical guidance for dealing with them and alleviating suffering."
Edward Tronick, PhD, Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship Program, University of Massachusetts Boston and Department of Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA
"This handbook is an invaluable resource for all working to improve women’s perinatal mental health and well-being. The issues covered, from theory to practice, from women to families, are comprehensive and evidence informed."
Debra Bick, RM, BA, MMedSci, PhD, Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, United Kingdom
"A bio-psycho-social approach in perinatal health care is essential. This book prepares professionals in the field with an excellent overview of the interdisciplinary aspects along with comprehensive practical advice."
K. Marieke Paarlberg, MD PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
"Rosa Maria Quatraro and Pietro Grussu have assembled a star line-up of authors for their edited volume, Handbook of Perinatal Clinical Psychology: From Theory to Practice…it makes a very strong contribution to the field and I highly recommend it."
Michael W. O’Hara, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, book review in Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
Table of ContentsIntroduction; PART I: Stress; 1. Overview of perinatal maternal stress; 2. Fetal exposure to mother’s distress: new frontiers in research and useful knowledge for daily clinical practice; PART II: Procreation, pregnancy and delivery; 3. 'A precipice in time' - reproductive biotechnology: psychosocial impact and unintended consequences; 4. Psychological impact of infertility and assisted reproduction; 5. Prenatal diagnosis: psychological impact and parents’ experience in the presence of fetal anomalies; 6. Miscarriage and pregnancy loss; 7. Traumatic childbirth: the ever-expanding ripple efects; PART III: Postnatal period; 8. Beyond the blues: stress, emotional experiences of women, and intervention methods during the postpartum period; 9. Parental emotional experiences after newborn hospitalization; 10. Emotional and practical needs in postpartum women: the role of family and friend support and social networks; 11. Breastfeeding and weaning: parental well-being and psychological distress; PART IV: Risk of psychopathology and prevention; 12. Depression, anxiety, and psychological distress in the perinatal period; 13. Risk factors for depression and anxiety during the perinatal period; 14. Screening and early identification of women at risk of perinatal psychopathology; 15. Postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorders, and mother-baby unit
