Postpartum Exuberance: Not All Women in a Highly Positive Emotional State in the Postpartum Period Are Denying Depression and Distress

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 406-423

  Tronick, Edward Z ^a   Beeghly, Marjorie ^b   Weinberg, M Katherine ^b   Olson, Karen L ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0009982163     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0355(199724)18:4<406::AID-IMHJ7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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