Ian Brockington (University of Birmingham)

The Psychoses of Menstruation and Childbearing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reviews the range of psychoses that complicate the reproductive process. Armed with this comprehensive knowledge and wielding a range of interventions, women can be restored to health and their vital roles in the family and community. Additionally, multidisciplinary preventive strategies can transform the lives of vulnerable women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9781107113602
• ISBN-10: 1107113601
• Artikelnr.: 45329679

Autorenporträt

Ian Brockington is Professor Emeritus at the University of Birmingham.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
List of abbreviations
Part I. Introduction: 1. Data
2. History
Part II. The Organic Psychoses of Pregnancy and the Puerperium: 3. Infective delirium
4. Eclamptic and Donkin psychoses
5. Wernicke-Korsakow psychosis
6. Chorea psychosis
7. Vascular disorders
8. Other specific neuropsychiatric disorders
9. Incidental organic psychoses
Part III. The Psychopathology of Parturition: 10. Introduction
11. Parturient delirium
12. Unconscious delivery
13. Acts of desperation
14. Other parturient psychoses
15. Delirium and stupor immediately after the birth
Part IV. Non-Organic Psychoses of Childbearing: 16. The literature
17. Symptoms
18. Classification
19. Clinical forms
20. Episode onset
21. The bipolar/cycloid group
22. Management
23. Risks
Part V. Menstrual Psychosis: 24. The catamenial process
25. Medicine and menstruation
26. Definition and classification
27. Timing within the menstrual cycle
28. Timing within the life cycle
29. Links with the psychoses of childbearing
30. Investigations
31. Causes
32. Management
Part VI. The Challenge and the Opportunity: 33. What is known
34. Impediments to the growth of knowledge
35. Research opportunities
Appendix: the Anne Roper interview
Index.