Chronic childhood illness and maternal mental health

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 147-156

  Jessop, Dorothy Jones ^a   Riessman, Catherine Kohler ^b   Stein, Ruth E K ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic illness; mental health of mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023928069     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: 15367312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-198806000-00006     Document Type: Article

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