Postpartum depression: A review for perinatal social workers

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 99-111

  Walther, Virginia N ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; MATERNAL CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0030991107     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v24n03_08     Document Type: Article

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