Effective treatment for postpartum depression is not sufficient to improve the developing mother-child relationship

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 585-602

  Forman, David R ^a   O'Hara, Michael W ^b   Stuart, Scott ^b   Gorman, Laura L ^b   Larsen, Karin E ^c   Coy, Katherine C ^d  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34247608303     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579407070289     Document Type: Article

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