Attempts to prevent postnatal depression

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7507, 2005, Pages 5-6

  Lumley, Judith ^a,b  

^a Mother and Child Health Research Unit   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTNATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; FEMALE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTNATAL CARE;

EID: 21444437561     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7507.5     Document Type: Editorial

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