Maternal depression and developmental disability: Research critique

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-329

  Bailey Jr , Donald B ^a   Golden, Robert N ^b   Roberts, Jane ^c   Ford, Amy ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Families and disability; Maternal depression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTISM; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL STRESS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 36248952728     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20172     Document Type: Review

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