Do antenatal religious and spiritual factors impact the risk of postpartum depressive symptoms?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 745-755

  Mann, Joshua R ^a   McKeown, Robert E ^b   Bacon, Janice ^a   Vesselinov, Roumen ^b   Bush, Freda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c East Lakeland Ob/Gyn Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949176129     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0627     Document Type: Article

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