Mother-baby pscyhiatric units in Australia - The Victorian experience

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-87

  Buist, Anne ^a,e   Minto, B ^b   Szego, K ^b   Samhuel, M ^c   Shawyer, L ^d   O'Connor, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c Monash Hospital   (Australia)

^d Albert Road Clinic   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Mother baby unit; Postpartum; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ROOMING-IN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 1442325417     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-003-0040-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. Appleby L, Warner R, Whitton A, Faragher B (1997) A controlled study of fluoxetine and cognitive-behavioural counselling in the treatment of postnatal depression. Br Med J 314: 932-936.
2. Bosanac P, Buist A, Burrows G (2003) Motherhood and schizophrenic illnesses - a review of the literature. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 37: 24-30.
3. Buist A, Dennerstein L, Burrows GD (1989) Review of a Mother-Baby Unit in a psychiatric hospital. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 24: 103-108.
4. Dennerstein L, Lehert P, Riphagen F (1989) Postpartum depression - risk factors. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol Suppl: 53-65.
5. Lovestone S, Kumar R (1993) Postnatal psychiatric illness: the impact on partners. Br Med J 163: 210-216.
6. Main TF (1958) Mother and children in a psychiatric hospital. Lancet 2: 845-847.
7. Milgrom J, Snellen M, Stamboulakis W, Burrows K (1998) Psychiatric illness in women: A review of the function of a specialist mother-baby unit. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 32: 680-686.
8. Morse C, Buist A, Durkin S (2000) First time parenthood: Influences on pre- and postnatal adjustment in fathers and mothers. J Psychosom Gyneacol 21: 109-120.
9. Murray L, Cooper PJ (2003) Controlled trial of the short- and long-term effect of psychological treatment of post-partum depression. 2. Impact on the mother-child relationship and child outcome. Br J Psychiatry 182: 420-427.
10. Oates M (1982) The development of an integrated community orientated service for severe postnatal depressive. In: Brockingham I, Kumar R (eds), Motherhood and mental illness, vol 2. Academic Press, London, pp 223-238.
11. O'Hara MW, Stuart S, Gorman LL, Wenzel A (2000) Efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy for postpartum depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry 57(11): 1039-1045.
12. Quek J (2003) Mediators of the mother-infant interaction in postnatal depression. RANZCP Dissertation, unpublished.
13. Rutter M (1995) Clinical implications of attachment concepts: Retrospect and prospect. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 36: 549-571.
14. Salmon M, Abel K, Cordingley L, Friedman T, Appleby L (2003) Clinical and parenting skills. Outcomes following joint mother-baby psychiatric admission. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 37(5): S56-62.