Susan Benjamin Feingold, Barry M. Lewis

Gebundenes Buch

Advocating for Women with Postpartum Mental Illness

A Guide to Changing the Law and the National Climate

Beschreibung

Complete with case studies and the authors' experiences in changing the law in their own state of Illinois, this book is a necessary resource for furthering dialogue and action around maternal mental illness.

Autor

Susan Benjamin Feingold, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist who has specialized for over 25 years in women's mental health issues related to reproductive function, including pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety disorders. She is the author of the book, Happy Endings, New Beginnings: Navigating Postpartum Disorders, a legal advocate, and an adjunct professor at Illinois School of Professional Psychology. She is the recipient of The 2018 Maternal Mental Health Innovation Award in Policy and Advocacy, as well as The 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award for Work in Perinatal Issues and Women's Health. She serves on the President's Advisory Council for Postpartum Support, International. Dr. Feingold presented expert testimony on Illinois PA 100-0574 in the House Judiciary-Criminal Committee and in the Senate Criminal Law Committee, resulting in its unanimous passage in the committees, in the House, and near unanimous passage in the Senate. PA 100-0574 is the first criminal law in the nation to recognize the effects of postpartum depression and psychosis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9781538129852
• ISBN-10: 153812985X
• Artikelnr.: 58023482