Post-partum psychoses: Clinical diagnoses and relative risk of admission after parturition

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue JUNE, 1998, Pages 521-526

  Terp, I M ^a   Mortensen, P B ^b  

^a Psychiatric Department P   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031835967     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.172.6.521     Document Type: Article

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