Antenatal psychiatric morbidity in Maltese women

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 501-505

  Felice, Ethel ^a   Saliba, Joseph ^a   Grech, Victor ^b   Cox, John ^c   Calleja, Neville ^d  

^a Mount Carmel Hospital   (Malta)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Health Information ^*  (Malta)

Author keywords

Antenatal anxiety disorders; Antenatal depression; Antenatal psychiatric morbidity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MALTA; PERINATOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 36148966568     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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