Men's voices: Postnatal depression from the perspective of male partners

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-220

  Davey, Sarah J ^a   Dziurawiec, Suzanne ^b   O'Brien Malone, Angela ^b  

^a South Metropolitan Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fathers; Postnatal depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 31744438334     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732305281950     Document Type: Article

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