Maternal Mental Health Recommended Reading

 

Books

 

• Life Will Never Be The Same: The Real Mom’s Postpartum Survival Guide- Ann Dunnewold & Diane Sanford (2010)

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• Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers – Karen Kleiman

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• Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression –Shoshana S. Bennett

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• Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts – Martin N. Seif & Sally M. Winston

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• Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts – Amy Wenzel and Karen Kleiman

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• The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood-Coping with Stress, Depression, and Burnout- Kathleen Kendall-Tackett (2001)

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• What Am I Thinking? Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression- Karen Kleiman (2000)

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• Pregnancy Blues: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Depression During Pregnancy- Shaila Misri (2006)

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• The Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Book- Sandra Poulin (2006)

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• Understanding Your Moods When You’re Expecting: Emotions, Mental Health, and Happiness-Before, During, and After Pregnancy- Lucy Puryear, MD (2008)

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• Women’s Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health- Deborah Sichel, MD & Jeanne Driscoll, MS, RN, CS (2000)

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• The Postpartum Husband – Karen Kleiman

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• Sad Dad: An Exploration of Postnatal Depression in Fathers – Olivia Spencer

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• Daddy Blues: Postnatal Depression and Fatherhood – Mark Williams

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• This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression (Kleiman and Raskin, 2013)

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• The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook (Wiegartz and Gyoerkoe, 2009)

 

Educational Videos​

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• Postpartum Couples-Postpartum Mood Disorders: The Couple’s Experience by Christina Hibbert (2002)

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Online Resources

 

• Postpartum Support International 

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• Postpartum Support International for Dads​​

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• MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health-Reproductive Psychiatry Resource & Information Center

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 This page is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose or treat any mental health or medical issues.