The ghost in the house: motherhood, raising children, and struggling with depression
Health and medicine, Psychology
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Thousands of women are affected by depression every year, suffering individual episodes at nearly twice the rate that men do. The prime years for depression are also, not coincidentally, the primary childbearing years: between 25 and 44. In this book,… the author explores the science and psychology of maternal depression, integrating her own experiences as a mother and depression sufferer with survey results from 400 mothers who have been diagnosed with major depression. 2006.