Mental disease postpartum: Maternal expectations of and maternal reports of infant temperament

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 267-274

  Albertsson Karlgren, Ulla ^a,b   Hagekull, Berit ^c   Bohlin, Gunilla ^c   Nettelbladt, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Infant temperament; Maternal expectations; Maternal reports; Postpartum mental disease; Postpartum somatic disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0032832598     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080394899427070     Document Type: Article

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