Description
Book SynopsisPerinatal psychiatry is a new area of research developed in the last 15 years, focusing on the study of women's psychopathology in this stage of life. This book is an update of recent clinical research in this field, including: epidemiology and risk factors, the role of genetics and epigenetics, personality factors and coping strategies, mother-infant bonding, and paternal perinatal depression, as well as current and novel treatments for perinatal depression and trajectories of postpartum depression.
Table of ContentsPreface; Post-Partum Depression: An Overview on the Disease and Diagnostic Impact on the Womens Life and Infants Development; Genetic and Epigenetic Aspects of Postpartum Depression; Role of Oxytocin in Postpartum Depression; Facial Emotion Recognition in Postpartum Depression; Mother-Infant Bonding in Postpartum Period; Paternal Perinatal Depression: A Family Affair; Personality and Perinatal Depression; Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Coping Strategies; Psychopharmacology for Perinatal Depression; Trajectory of Major Postpartum Depression; Index.
