Paternal depression in the postnatal period assessed with traditional and male depression scales

Journal of Men's Health and Gender

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-31

  Madsen, Svend Aage ^a   Juhl, Tina ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; Fathers; Gender; Men; Postpartum; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FATHER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

EID: 33847626420     PISSN: 15718913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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