Psychosocial and psychological interventions for treating postpartum depression

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Dennis, Cindy Lee ^a   Hodnett, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depression, postpartum *therapy ; Female; Humans; Psychotherapy *methods ; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43949132753     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006116.pub2     Document Type: Review

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