Measurement issues in postpartum depression part 1: Anxiety as a feature of postpartum depression

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-57

  Ross, Lori E ^a,b   Evans, S E Gilbert ^a   Sellers, E M ^a   Romach, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Women's Health Concerns Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Mental health; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037298958     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-002-0155-1     Document Type: Article

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