Perinatal mental health: Opportunities and challenges for psychiatry

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-403

  Austin, Marie Paule ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Infancy; Perinatal mental health; Post partum depression; Pregnancy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0345761764     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1665.2003.02027.x     Document Type: Review

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