Depression after Childbirth: The Views of Medical Students and Women Compared

Birth

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Small, Rhonda ^a   Johnston, Vanessa ^b   Orr, Annabel ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031158418     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.1997.tb00350.x     Document Type: Article

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