Prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-51

  Czarnocka, Jo ^b   Slade, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034064442     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466500163095     Document Type: Article

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