Preventing and detecting perinatal mental illness

Women's Health Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Cantwell, Roch ^a   Smith, Sue ^b  

^a Glasgow maternity liaison and community perinatal service   (United Kingdom)

^b UK She qualified from the University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EPDS; mental health; postnatal depression; prediction; prevention; puerperal psychosis; screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248232509     PISSN: 17441870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/wohm.2006.3.2.68     Document Type: Article

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