Stress debriefing after childbirth: A randomised controlled trial

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 542-545

  Priest, Susan R ^a,b   Henderson, Jenni ^a   Evans, Sharon F ^a   Hagan, Ronald ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDWIFE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS;

EID: 0037805778     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05355.x     Document Type: Article

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