The Leicester 500 Project. Social support and the development of postnatal depressive symptoms, a prospective cohort survey

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-79

  Brugha, T S ^a,b   Sharp, H M ^a   Cooper, S A ^a   Weisender, C ^a   Britto, D ^a   Shinkwin, R ^a   Sherrif, T ^a   Kirwan, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MARITAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031973497     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005655     Document Type: Article

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