Infanticidal ideas and infanticidal behavior in Indian women with severe postpartum psychiatric disorders

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 457-461

  Chandra, Prabha S ^a   Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan ^a   Thomas, Tinku ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANTICIDE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036318994     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200207000-00006     Document Type: Article

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