Introduction to Postpartum Depressive Disorders

1. The Nature of Postpartum Depressive Disorders, O'HaraII. The Architecture of Mother Infant Interactions and the Implications for Postpartum Depression

2. Fragile Aspects of Early Social Integration, Papousek and Papousek

3. The Psychotoxic Effects of Maternal Depression on the Mutual Emotional Regulation ofMother Infant Interaction, Tronick and Weinberg

III. Comparative Studies of the Impact of Postpartum Depression on Child Development

4. Postpartum Depression and Cognitive Development, Hay

5. The Role of Infant and Maternal Factors in Postpartum Depression, Mother Infant Interactions, and Infant Outcome, Murray and Cooper

6. Maternal Cognitions as Mediators of Child Outcomes in the Context of Postpartum Depression, Teti and Gelfand

7. The Timing and Chronicity of Postpartum Depression, Campbell and Cohn

IV. The Treatment of Postpartum Depression and Associated Mother Infant Disturbances

8. The Impact of Psychological Treatments of Postpartum Depression on Maternal Mood and Infant Development, Cooper and Murray

9. The Treatment of Depressed Mothers and Their Infants, Field

10. Psychodynamic Perspectives on the Treatment of Postpartum Depression, Cramer

V. Postpartum Psychosis

11. The Impact of Postpartum Affective Psychosis on the Child, Hipwell and Kumar

Afterword: Maternal Depression and Infant Development: Cause and Consequence; Sensitivity and Specificity, Rutter