Complex emotions, complex problems: Understanding the experiences of perinatal depression among new mothers in urban Indonesia

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-122

  Andajani Sutjahjo, Sari ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^b   Astbury, Jill ^c  

^a Monash University ^*  (Indonesia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Indonesia; Late pregnancy; Postpartum; Socioeconomic and cultural context

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847334324     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-006-9040-0     Document Type: Article

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