Life events, social support and depression in childbirth: Perspectives from a rural community in the developing world

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1161-1167

  Rahman, Atif ^a,b,c   Iqbal, Z ^a,b   Harrington, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Human Development Research Foundation   (Pakistan)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PAKISTAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0142030663     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703008286     Document Type: Article

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