Postpartum stress as a predictor of women's minor psychiatric morbidity

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Hung, Chich Hsiu ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health status; Postpartum stress; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847382078     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-006-9066-3     Document Type: Article

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