Obsessional thoughts in postpartum females and their partners: Content, severity, and relationship with depression

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-164

  Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a   Schwartz, Stefanie A ^a   Moore, Katherine M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Obsessions; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SYMPTOM; THINKING;

EID: 0142094155     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025454627242     Document Type: Article

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