Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety

Beyond the Blues: 2024 Edition - Essential Resources for New Parents and Professionals

This 2024 edition of Beyond the Blues contains the most current pregnancy and postpartum resources for the prevention and treatment of mental health challenges for all new parents. Updated information and research about medications, as well as complementary and alternative options, are included. Direct and compassionate, it is required reading for those suffering before or after the baby is born and for all professionals working with them.

About the Author :

SHOSHANA BENNETT founded Postpartum Assistance for Mothers in 1987 after her second experience with two life-threatening postpartum depressions. She is the author of Children of the Depressed, Pregnant on Prozac, and Postpartum Depression for Dummies. National TV shows feature Dr. Shosh as the postpartum expert, and news stations consult her. She’ s interviewed regularly on national radio and has been quoted in dozens of newspapers and magazines. She is a past president of Postpartum Support International, noted guest lecturer, keynote speaker, creator of the first PPD app, an Executive Producer of the film Dark Side of the Full Moon, and Co-Founder of the Postpartum Action Institute. She earned three teaching credentials, two master’ s degrees, a PhD, and is licensed as a clinical psychologist.

Pec Indman has a doctorate in counseling and a master’ s degree in health psychology. She is a retired marriage and family therapist and nationally certified in Perinatal Mental Health. Her training as a physician assistant in family practice was at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Indman is a Past Chair of Education and Training for Postpartum Support International, and serves on the PSI Advisory Council. She develops curriculum and is a trainer for Postpartum Support International. Dr. Indman has been interviewed on national radio and television, for magazines, newspapers, and videos. Lecturing for a wide variety of audiences nationally and internationally, Dr. Indman has served as an expert advisor for federal and local programs as well as a reviewer for several women’ s mental health journals. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

Review :
“Shoshana and Pec have designed an easy-to-use format for all practitioners who work with childbearing women. While the topic is extremely complex, their book provides the most essential information in a concise manner. This is a long overdue contribution to the field of maternal mental health. Thank you Shoshana and Pec!” “In Beyond the Blues, Bennett and Indman offer a compact yet surprisingly comprehensive manual on prenatal and postpartum depression. Readable and practical, they systematically address screening and assessment, finding a therapist, myths about nursing and bonding, and treatment. Interesting and helpful are suggestions for family and friends. For health professionals, there is detailed diagnostic and treatment information. Beyond the Blues is a quick read with an easy-to-handle format. Recommended for consumer health and health sciences collections.” “As a nonprofit advocate and leader, my go-to book about maternal mental health disorders is Beyond the Blues. We promote the book through our work with hospitals, insurers, clinicians and advocates. Our followers find the book is a page turner and provides just the right amount of information about maternal mental health disorders.” “I love this book! It is easy to read and use as an informative reference for all aspects of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. I recommend this book to all the OB care provider offices in my hospital system. It’s an excellent book for my clients and required reading for providers I train. Thanks to Pec and Shoshana for the recent updates which make this great book even better.” “Refreshingly easy to read and understand. Informative, concise and truly user friendly. A valuable tool for clinicians and consumers alike.” “Succinct yet informative, a useful guide for the busy practitioner or overwhelmed mother.”
  “I lost my wife, Kristin Brooks Rossell, to suicide following afour-month battle with postpartum psychosis. All the things one should not do in the treatment of this deadly disease were done to Kristin. Beyond the Blues is a step-by-step guide that would have saved her life. Beyond the Blues is not long, yet its
content is comprehensive and well written. I cried reading each page, knowing at each turn how this information could have been used to save Kristin, myself, and our families the pain and
needless suffering we experienced.” “An indispensable guide to understanding and treating prenatal and postpartum depression. This book is a gift not only to healthcare providers but also to family and friends of mothers suffering from these devastating perinatal mood disorders.”
  “After reading Beyond the Blues, I immediately ordered several copies and shared them with colleagues. It is a wonderful resource, easy to read and full of practical wisdom. I’ve worked with postpartum families for many years and learned a great deal reading this book.”  “As a psychotherapist treating postpartum women, I have referred to the information in this book over and over. Drs. Indman and Bennett are two reliable sources who have checked all their facts while intelligently turning this very complex topic into something so clear and understandable.”
  “Beyond the Blues by Shoshana Bennett and Pec Indman is a very insightful, concise, informative manual that should be in the hands of all providers and new mothers dealing with postpartum depression. It is a fantastic book containing all the necessary questions and answers.” “This valuable treatment manual should be in the pocket of every practitioner who works with women. It is well researched and indexed for quick and easy reference by healthcare providers as well as clients and their families. As a registered nurse and lactation consultant, I have found it invaluable in assisting new mothers to comfortably achieve the breastfeeding experience they want with their babies. Thanks for dispelling so many of the old myths!”