Beyond the Blues, A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression

by Pec Indman EdD, MFT and Shoshana Bennett PhD

Beyond the Blues is a concise and up-to-date book for women needing help with prenatal (pregnancy) and postpartum depression and anxiety.

Beyond the Blues contains the latest information to help women, their families and healthcare professionals.

English and Spanish editions updated in 2006                                                               

If you, or someone you know, or treat, suffers prenatal (pregnancy) or postpartum depression then Beyond the Blues is for you.  TO ORDER, CLICK HERE

Beyond the Blues has received the following awards:

"Refreshingly easy to read and understand. Informative, concise and truly user friendly. A valuable tool for clinicians and consumers alike."
— Joyce A. Venis,R.N.C, Psy.D., MFT, President, Depression After Delivery, Inc., Director of             Nursing, Princeton Family Care Assoc.

"Succinct yet informative, a useful guide for the busy practitioner or overwhelmed mother." Valerie Raskin MD, psychiatrist, author of This Isn't What I Expected.

“I recommend this useful book. An excellent source of information on perinatal depression in a straightforward and concise format.”

Leslie Lowell-Stoutenberg, RNC,MS, Director Pregnancy & Postpartum Mood & Anxiety Disorder Program

“In Beyond the Blues, clinical psychologist Bennett and family therapist Indman offer a compact yet surprisingly comprehensive manual on prenatal and postpartum depression. Taking a readable and practical approach, they systematically address screening and assessment, finding a therapist, myths about nursing and bonding, and treatment. Especially interesting and helpful are suggestions for family and friends and tips on "what to say, what not to say." For health professionals, there are ideas about what to emphasize to patients, as well as detailed diagnostic and treatment information. The antidepressant Q&A section is excellent. Beyond the Blues is a quick read with an easy-to-handle format.— Library Journal

Newly updated, Beyond the blues contains the current information about risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mood disorders in pregnancy and postpartum. Straightforward yet compassionate, it is required reading for all who work with pregnant and postpartum women, as well as for those suffering before or after the baby is born. This book is being used by the US Navy, Spectrum Health in Michigan, Durham Regional Health Department of Canada, New York State Department of Health, Broward Healthy Start Coalition of Florida, the International Childbirth Education Association, and many other organizations.

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© Pec Indman 2009