Maternal Mental Health demystifies maternal mental distress and mental illness and provides a clear guide to supporting mental health in the perinatal period. Chapters cover: - Basics of maternal mental health - Identifying maternal mental illness - Making referrals for maternal mental illness - Helping mothers with mental health problems - Special issues in maternal mental health including poverty HIV teenage pregnancy unintended pregnancy termination adoption refugees substance abuse domestic abuse child abuse suicide and pregnancy loss - Resources for screening and supporting mothers.