Psychiatric symptoms in Turkish infertile women

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-271

  Guz, H ^a   Ozkan, A ^a   Sarisoy, G ^a   Yanik, F ^a   Yanik, A ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SSK Samsun Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Female infertility; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0347604924     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674820309074691     Document Type: Article

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