Resources
Below is a listing of publications and videos on perinatal depression, anxiety and parenting which may serve as useful information materials for readers. Please note that the listing is on an “information only” basis and does not reflect the views of the State Perinatal Mental Health Strategy or Department of Health.
Listings of publications and videos on perinatal health and other women’s and children’s health topics can also be obtained online from Health Information Resource Service (HIRS) of the Women’s and Children’s Health Service, Department of Health Western Australia - http://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/services/hirs/index.htm or by emailing kemh.hirs@health.wa.gov.au
(HIRS provides information from published sources to health professionals and the general public within Western Australia. The service is based at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women in Subiaco.)
Publications
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Sherryl Pope; Julie Watts, Becoming A Parent: Adjusting to the Changes (Department of Health, Western Australia 2007). To order your free copy, call the WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit on (08) 9340 1795 |
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WA Perinatal Mental Health Strategy, Where To Find Help Booklet (Department of Health, 2007). To order your free copy, call the WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit on (08) 9340 1795. |
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Pamphlet for Indigenous Mothers WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Mum’s Guide: Social and Emotional Wellbeing (Department of Health, 2007). To order your free copy, call the WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit on (08) 9340 1795. |
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Pamphlet for Indigenous Fathers WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Dads Guide: Social and Emotional Wellbeing (Department of Health, 2007). To order your free copy, call the WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit on (08) 9340 1795. |
| Women and Newborn Health Service, Postnatal Anxiety, Stress and Depression (Department of Health, 2007). Available here (pdf format). You need a free program called Acrobat Reader to open pdf files. | |
| Dorothy Rowe's Introduction to Postnatal Depression: Facing the Paradox of Loss, Happiness and Motherhood by Paula Nicholson (John Wiley & Sons 2002) | |
| Lisa Fettling, Postnatal Depression: A Practical Guide for Australian Families (IP Communications, Australia 2002) | |
| Lisa Fettling and Belinda Tune, Women's Experiences of Postnatal Depression. Kitchen Table Conversations (IP Communications, Australia 2005) | |
| Gordon Parker, Dealing with depression. A common sense guide to mood disorders (Allen & Unwin, Australia 2004) | |
| Brooke Shields, Down came the rain. A mother’s story of depression and recovery (Penguin Books, Australia 2005) | |
| S Tanner and J Ball, Beating The Blues – A Self Help Approach To Overcoming Depression (Doubleday, Sydney 1989) | |
| Siobhan Curham, Antenatal and postnatal depression London : (Random House, London 2000) | |
| Depression during pregnancy and early parenthood - Multicultural Health Communication Service, Sydney 2003 (electronic resource – http://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/services/hirs/index.htm Also available in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese | |
| Paula Nicholson, Postnatal depression: facing the paradox of loss, happiness and motherhood (John Wiley, Brisbane 2001) | |
| Joanne Nicholson, Parenting well when you’re depressed: a complete resource for maintaining a healthy family (New Harbinger, Oakland, California 2001) | |
| Postpartum depression and anxiety: a self-help guide for mothers - Fourth edition (1997), Pacific Post Partum Support Society - Vancouver, BC | |
| Postnatal depression and breastfeeding, Australian Breastfeeding Association (East Malvern, Victoria, 2006) | |
| Selby Pritchard; RoslynBennett; True blues: stories of postnatal depression in the Goldfields, Goldfields Women's Health Care Centre, (Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 1997) | |
| Gwendoline Smith, Sharing the Load (Random House, New Zealand 1997) | |
| Daniel Stern, The Motherhood Constellation (Basic Books, New York 1995) | |
| Stephanie Brown, Judith Lumley, Rhonda Small, Jill Astbury Missing Voices.The Experience of Motherhood (Oxford University Press, Australia 1994) | |
| Susan Maushart, The Mask of Motherhood. How motherhood changes everything and why we pretend it doesn’t (Random House, Australia 1997) | |
| Christine Moulder, Miscarriage. Women's experiences and needs. (Harper Collins, London 1990) |
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| Daniel Stern & Nadia Bruschweiller-Stern, The Birth of a Mother, (Basic Books New York, 1998) | |
| Julia Vnuk; Judy Finlay; Maria Calyun; You are having a baby: a book for Aboriginal women (2000), Flinders and Far North Division of General Practice, Port Augusta, South Australia | |
| Tracey Kickett-Gosling; Ann Deanus; Molly McCartney; Sue Crock; Fiona Piu San Whittaker; Being Healthy/Aboriginal women: being healthy (2001), Women’s Health Care House, Northbridge, Western Australia | |
| Stephanie Dowrick, Choosing Happiness - Life and Soul Essentials (Allen & Unwin, Australia 2005) | |
| Jill Dawson; Margo Daly, Gas and air: tales of pregnancy, birth and beyond, (Bloomsbury, London 2002) | |
| Catherine Fowler; Patricia Gornall; How to stay sane in your baby's first year : the Tresillian guide, (Simon and Schuster, NSW 2001) | |
| Katrina Stratton; Bonnita Travers; Tracey Negus; So, you're a teenager and a parent, King Edward Memorial and Princess Margaret Hospitals, Social Work Departments (Subiaco, WA 2000) | |
| Jeanne Warren Lindsay; Jean Brunell; Your pregnancy and newborn journey: a guide for pregnant teens (Morning Glory Press, Buena Park, California 2004) | |
Videos
| STREAMING VIDEO Postnatal Depression - Watch Video | |||
| STREAMING VIDEO Ways you can help yourself - Watch Video | |||
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DVD for Indigenous mothers and their families- WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Boodjarri Business: Yarning about Feelings After Baby [DVD]. (Department of Health, 2007). The DVD was created to help Aboriginal mothers and families understand emotional problems around pregnancy such as depression. It is free for health consumers in WA- to order a copy please call the WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit on (08) 9340 1795. |
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State Perinatal Mental Health Reference Group, You Are Not Alone: Emotional Health for Mothers [DVD, in Amharic]. (Department of Health, 2007). The DVD was produced with the assistance of the Amharic-speaking Ethiopian community in Perth. Copies are free for health consumers in WA- to order a copy please call the WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit on (08) 9340 1795. |
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State Perinatal Mental Health Reference Group, You Are Not Alone: Emotional Health for Mothers [DVD, in Arabic]. (Department of Health, 2007). The DVD was produced with the assistance of the Arabic-speaking Iraqi community in Perth. Copies are free for health consumers in WA- to order a copy please call the WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit on (08) 9340 1795.cc |
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State Perinatal Mental Health Reference Group, You Are Not Alone: Emotional Health for Mothers [DVD, in Dinka]. (Department of Health, 2007). The DVD was produced with the assistance of the Dinka-speaking Sudanese community in Perth. Copies are free for health consumers in WA- to order a copy please call the WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit on (08) 9340 1795. |
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| Sherryl Pope, More than the blues: understanding postnatal depression (Video), Davies, Valerie (dir.); King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women. Clinical Psychology Department. Childbirth Stress and Depression Project (King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth 1997) | |||
| Coping with stress (video), Families International (Triple P Positive Parenting Program, Brisbane 2000) | |||
| Self-Esteem (video), Families International (Triple P Positive Parenting Program, Brisbane 2000) | |||
| Supporting your partner (video), Families International (Triple P Positive Parenting Program, Brisbane 2000) | |||
| Daryl Talbot; Sally Gluyas; Parents' first steps: surviving the first weeks following childbirth (video), Mercy Hospital for Women, East Melbourne, Victoria 1999 | |||
| The challenges of parenting in another land: discussing the issues (video), Resource Productions Learning Service, Prince Henry Hospital (Liverpool, NSW 2000) | |||