Factors Associated with Depression in Pregnant Immigrant Women

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-464

  Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^a   Schinazi, Joy ^a   Katofsky, Lilly ^a   Saucier, Jean François ^b   Valenzuela, Marta ^a   Westreich, Ruta ^a   Dayan, Joelle ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

depression; immigration; marital adjustment; pregnancy; social support; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CANADA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 11444254921     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461504047929     Document Type: Article

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