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The Ghost In The House: Mothers, children and depression
Tracy Thompson
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Description for The Ghost In The House: Mothers, children and depression
Paperback. The first book to address maternal depression as a lifelong illness that can have ramifications for both mother and child Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: VFDW; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
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 The Ghost in the House, award-winning reporter Tracy Thompson 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. It is an illness at the intersection of genetic vulnerability and environment - in this case, the unprecedented level of stress that ... Read more
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 The Ghost in the House, award-winning reporter Tracy Thompson 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. It is an illness at the intersection of genetic vulnerability and environment - in this case, the unprecedented level of stress that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Piatkus
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749927189
SKU
KTG0001538
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tracy Thompson
Tracy Thompson is a freelance journalist and an award-winning Washington Post reporter. She is the author of The Beast: A Journey through Depression. She lives in Washington
Reviews for The Ghost In The House: Mothers, children and depression
"Powerful, wrenching, rare in its unflinching honesty... a transfixing read." - Susan Faludi, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women"