Post partum psychosis: A clinical study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-222

  Agrawal, P ^a,d   Bhatia, M S ^b   Malik, S C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d C 129 Saraswati Kunj Society   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX;

EID: 0030690380     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409704300308     Document Type: Article

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