An epidemiological and clinical investigation of postpartum psychiatric illness in Japanese mothers

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 233-240

  Okano, T ^a   Nomura, J ^a   Kumar, R ^b   Kaneko, E ^a   Tamaki, R ^a   Hanafusa, I ^a   Hayashi, M ^a   Matsuyama, A ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission rate; Epidemiology; Phenomenology; Postpartum psychiatric illness; Puerperal psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031748277     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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