Endogenous depression that involves intense, sustained and sometimes disabling depression experienced by women after giving birth. The comprehensive term "Perinatal depression" refers to both postpartum depression and antenatal depression.

Baby blues.

When the bough breaks : the pursuit of motherhood / Ali Sanders.

Die Geistesstörungen der Schwangeren, Wöchnerinnen und Säugenden / monographisch bearbeitet von Dr. Ripping.

After the storm : post-natal depression and the utter weirdness of new motherhood / Emma Jane Unsworth.

In the bin.

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Depression, Postpartum

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Baby blues.

When the bough breaks : the pursuit of motherhood / Ali Sanders.

Die Geistesstörungen der Schwangeren, Wöchnerinnen und Säugenden / monographisch bearbeitet von Dr. Ripping.

After the storm : post-natal depression and the utter weirdness of new motherhood / Emma Jane Unsworth.

In the bin.

Depression, Postpartum

Works from the collections

Baby blues.

When the bough breaks : the pursuit of motherhood / Ali Sanders.

Die Geistesstörungen der Schwangeren, Wöchnerinnen und Säugenden / monographisch bearbeitet von Dr. Ripping.

After the storm : post-natal depression and the utter weirdness of new motherhood / Emma Jane Unsworth.

In the bin.

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