When your blessings don't count : a guide to recognising and overcoming postnatal distress / Linda Lewis with Paula Marais.
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TextPublication details: Welgemoed, South Africa : Metz Press, 2011Description: 152 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781920479046; 192047904XSubject(s): Postpartum depression | Motherhood -- Psychological aspects | Childbirth -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 618.76 Summary: COPING WITH ILLNESS. Postnatal distress is becoming more prevalent and it is estimated that one in three women may suffer from it. Written with profound empathy by a psychologist who not only specialises in PND but has herself suffered from it, this book tells it like it is. Postnatal distress is becoming more prevalent and it is estimated that one in three women may suffer from it. It knows no boundaries and affects women of all ages, religions, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds. But although devastating and debilitating, PND can be overcome. Empowering her readers with pertinent information and wise counsel drawn from her own extensive research as well as the case files of the many women she has counselled, Linda Lewis takes them through the terrifying journey that was hers, and leaves them with a powerful message: you will recover.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Wundowie Wundowie Adult Non Fiction | 618.76 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111056530114 |
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COPING WITH ILLNESS. Postnatal distress is becoming more prevalent and it is estimated that one in three women may suffer from it. Written with profound empathy by a psychologist who not only specialises in PND but has herself suffered from it, this book tells it like it is. Postnatal distress is becoming more prevalent and it is estimated that one in three women may suffer from it. It knows no boundaries and affects women of all ages, religions, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds. But although devastating and debilitating, PND can be overcome. Empowering her readers with pertinent information and wise counsel drawn from her own extensive research as well as the case files of the many women she has counselled, Linda Lewis takes them through the terrifying journey that was hers, and leaves them with a powerful message: you will recover.
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