Cover; Copy Right; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Technical issues in perinatal therapy; The experience of having a baby: a developmental view; Pregnancy and the internal world; "Is there something wrong?": the impact of technology in pregnancy; Pregnancy after stillbirth or neonatal death: psychological risks and management; "Climbing the walls": therapeutic intervention for post-partum disturbance; Puerperal psychosis: vulnerability and aftermath
Summary
A collection of lectures by eminent members of the British Psycho-analytical Society. Includes papers on the experience of having a baby, pregnancy and the internal world, pregnancy after stillbirth or neonatal death, and therapeutic intervention for post-partum disturbance. 100 pages
