Supporting the mental health of mothers raising children in poverty: How do we target them for intervention studies?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 86-100

  Beeber, Linda S ^a   Perreira, Krista M ^b   Schwartz, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Infants toddlers; Intervention trials; Low income; Mothers; Poverty; Targeting

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LIFE EVENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL STRESS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTING EDUCATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45749110164     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.008     Document Type: Review

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