'It's a Woman's Cry for Help': A Relational Perspective on Postnatal Depression

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-355

  Mauthner, Natasha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032378116     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353598083006     Document Type: Review

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