Postnatal depressive symptoms go largely untreated: A probability study in urban New Zealand

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 814-818

  Thio, Irene M ^a   Browne, Mark A Oakley ^b   Coverdale, John H ^c   Argyle, Nick ^d  

^a ISI   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Depression; New Zealand; Postnatal; Prevalence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749160648     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0095-6     Document Type: Article

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