Psychological morbidity following miscarriage

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-247

  Lok, Ingrid H ^a   Neugebauer, Richard ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

counselling; depression; distress; grief; miscarriage; psychological morbidity

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CAREGIVER; CHILDLESSNESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33947609944     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2006.11.007     Document Type: Review

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