Screening for post-miscarriage psychiatric morbidity

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 546-550

  Lok, Ingrid H ^a,b   Lee, Dominic T S ^a   Yip, Shing Kai ^a   Shek, Daniel ^a   Tam, Wing H ^a   Chung, Tony K H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Depression; GHQ 12; Miscarriage; Psychiatric morbidity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 4444228462     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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