Paula Nicolson 
Post-Natal Depression [PDF ebook] 
Psychology, Science and the Transition to Motherhood

Post-Natal Depression challenges the expectation that it is normal to be a  »happy mother ». It provides a radical critique of the traditional medical and social science explanations of  »post natal depression » by supplying a systematic feminist psychological analysis of women »s experiences following childbirth. Paula Nicolson argues that, far from it being an abnormal, undesirable, pathological condition, it is a normal, healthy response to a series of losses.
Post Natal Depression makes an important contribution to the psychology of women and feminist research and will be of interst to psychologists, social scientists, nurses and doctors.