Family structure and depressive symptoms in men preceding and following the birth of a child

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 818-823

  Deater Deckard, Kirby ^a   Pickering, Kevin ^b   Dunn, Judith F ^b   Golding, Jean ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FATHER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031800161     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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