Motherhood and schizophrenic illnesses: A review of the literature

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-30

  Bosanac, Peter ^a   Buist, Anne ^a   Burrows, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motherhood; Schizoaffective; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTHOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0037302541     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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