Are family physicians appropriately screening for postpartum depression?

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-112

  Seehusen, Dean A ^a   Baldwin, Laura Mae ^b   Runkle, Guy P ^c   Clark, Gary ^c  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 23044436838     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.2.104     Document Type: Review

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