Attitudes towards childbearing, causal attributions for bipolar disorder and psychological distress: A study of families with multiple cases of bipolar disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1601-1611

  Meiser, Bettina ^a,b   Mitchell, Philip B ^a,b   Kasparian, Nadine A ^a,b   Strong, Kim ^a   Simpson, Judy M ^d   Mireskandari, Shab ^a,c   Tabassum, Laila ^a,b   Schofield, Peter R ^b,e  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; STIGMA;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35348993271     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707000852     Document Type: Article

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