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Your brain on pregnancy : a guide to understanding and protecting your mental health during pregnancy and beyond  Cover Image Book Book

Your brain on pregnancy : a guide to understanding and protecting your mental health during pregnancy and beyond / Dr. Dawn Kingston, PhD.

Kingston, Dawn, (author.).

Summary:

"Takes readers through the three most common mental health struggles--anxiety, depression, and toxic stress--and shows how common life challenges such as relationship issues, financial problems, job transitions, and lack of support are often the trigger ... debunks the popular belief that hormonal changes are to blame ... shares easy and effective ways expecting parents can manage the stress and other feelings caused by these challenges, and actually reverse negative effects to make a lasting difference to both them and their babies"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982143374 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 244 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2024.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Childbirth > Psychological aspects.
Motherhood > Psychological aspects.
Mothers > Mental health.
Pregnancy > Psychological aspects.
Pregnant women > Mental health.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Dr. Dawn Kingston is an award-winning researcher and mental health clinician who has worked in medicine for more than twenty-five years, thirteen of those as a registered nurse in a neonatal ICU. She holds a master’s in nursing and a master’s in counselling. She also holds a PhD in mental health from McMaster University and a postdoctoral fellowship in mental health from the University of Manitoba. She is a professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary, the inaugural holder of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women Cross-Provincial Research Chair in women’s mental health, and the first Canadian chair in women’s mental health at the Lois Hole Hospital. She has been awarded the national New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for her work in maternal mental health. Dr. Kingston and her team are the developers of the HOPE 3.0 digital mental health platform for women, the first women’s-only mental health resource offering online screening and assessment tools, information, and courses related to a variety of life situations to support women. Kingston lives in Alberta with her family. Visit her website DrDawnMentalHealth4Women.com or connect with her on Facebook @DrDawnKingston.


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