Postnatal depression: an update

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-191

  Lee, Dominic T S ^a,b   Chung, Tony K H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

mood disorders; postnatal complications; postnatal depression; pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PAROXETINE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FAMILY STUDY; FETOTOXICITY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 33947594745     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2006.10.003     Document Type: Review

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