Depressive symptoms in mothers of prematurely born infants

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-44

  Miles, Margaret Shandor ^a   Holditch Davis, Diane ^a   Schwartz, Todd A ^b   Scher, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Longitudinal descriptive study; Mothers of prematurely born infants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL STRESS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PARENT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947262474     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.DBP.0000257517.52459.7a     Document Type: Article

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