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It should be a time of joyous anticipation-the happiest time in a woman's life. But for many women, the joys of pregnancy are clouded by feelings of fear, sadness, and confusion. And unlikepostpartum depression, which is widely portrayed in the media and embraced by the medical community, depression during pregnancy has been rarely discussed and often misunderstood-until now. In this groundbreakingbook-the first to focus exclusively on depression in pregnancy-Dr. Shaila Kulkarni Misri, a leading reproductive psychiatrist, draws on her twenty-five years of clinical practice and research to offerhope, help, and healing-as well as a provocative, myth-shattering examination of a subject that has too long been shrouded in darkness.
The numbers are surprising: up to 70 percent of pregnantwomen experience some degree of depressive symptoms, and of those, 12 percent meet the diagnostic criteria for major depression. Although it is at least as common as postpartum depression, which occurs after achild's birth, pregnancy-related depression is often cloaked in silence, shame, and denial. Pregnancy Blues lifts the veil on this heartbreaking-and very treatable-
illness, examiningthe key social and biological factors that can come together during pregnancy to create a climate in which depression and anxiety thrive, as well as offering the many effective treatments that are available.Discover:
- How to recognize the signs and symptoms of depression-and know when to seek help
- The role of female hormones: why women are more vulnerable todepression than men
- How depression can "hide" behind physical complaints, such as back, stomach, or even chest pain
- The unspoken connection between infertilityand depression
- The antidepressant controversy: the facts on specific drugs, their safety-and when medication is the right choice
- Breastfeeding andmedication-the risks and benefits
Plus helpful self-tests and resources, information on alternative treatment options-from therapy to acupuncture-and much more. A work ofdaring and compassion, Pregnancy Blues challenges the underlying traditions and beliefs surrounding pregnancy and motherhood-and explores how those misconceptions have led to the drasticunderdiagnosis and undertreatment of depression during pregnancy. A must-read for women and those who love them, Pregnancy Blues is at once an extraordinary roadmap to healing and an eye-opening reporton a medical issue that no woman can afford to miss.

"From the Hardcover edition."