Blue a history of postpartum depression in America
"Postpartum depression and mental illness were long considered unfit for the public, psychological, or political discussion. Women were typically told their "baby blues" weren't important-or that they were failing as mothers. As Rachel Louise Moran shows, bringing these serious and common challenges...
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Chicago : London ;
The University of Chicago Press,
2024.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Baby blues and the baby boom
- A feminist postpartum
- Psychiatric foundations
- Supermoms and support groups
- A different kind of women's health movement
- The problem of diagnosis
- The postpartum professional
- Talk shows, tell-alls and postpartum awareness
- A new generation of activism
- It is not a political issue
- Conclusion.
