Delivery from the Darkness of PPD Post-Partum Depression

B'SD

13 Sivan 5770

You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate this book review.

Title: Delivery from Darkness:

A Jewish Guide to Prevention

and Treatment of Postpartum

Depression

Authors: Rabbi B. Finkelstein,

Michal Finkelstein RN CNM,

and Doreen Winter MSW

Publisher: Feldheim

Reviewer: Yocheved Golani

... The authors provide evidence of the

physiological realities causing
Postpartum Depression. Their book is

an effort to end ... stigmatization of

affected women who are not suffering

from problems of willpower...

The goal is to facilitate society-wide

compassion for women with PPD, to

prevent PPD as much as possible and

to assist affected women recovering

from it. The book explains the hormonal

cascade occurring with and immediately

after the birth process. It's effects have

been long misunderstood by medical

professionals and laypeople...

Delivery from Darkness also defines the

spectrum of post-partum problems from

simple Baby Blues to life-threatening

Postpartum Psychosis.

Various chapters address preventatives,

coping strategies, symptoms to be

aware of and more.

Psychotherapist and expert on womens'

hormonal isssues Dr. Sarah Katznelson

addresses a woman's need for PPD

psychiatric care. She cautions readers

about psychological and physical

realities, noting that individual PPD

sufferers need...

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