Anxiety, obsessions and morbid preoccupations in pregnancy and the puerperium

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 253-263

  Brockington, I F ^a,d   Macdonald, E ^b   Wainscott, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Lower Brockington Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysmorphophobia; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Perinatal anxiety; Perinatal depression; Querulant disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; JEALOUS DELUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; NEW ZEALAND; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33748370561     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-006-0134-z     Document Type: Article

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