Course and severity of maternal depression: Associations with family functioning and child adjustment

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 906-916

  Foster, Cynthia Ewell ^a   Webster, Melissa C ^a   Weissman, Myrna M ^b   Pilowsky, Daniel J ^b   Wickramaratne, Priya J ^b   Rush, A John ^c   Hughes, Carroll W ^c   Garber, Judy ^d   Malloy, Erin ^e   Cerda, Gabrielle ^f   Kornstein, Susan G ^g   Alpert, Jonathan E ^h   Wisniewski, Stephen R ⁱ   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^c   Fava, Maurizio ^h   King, Cheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Family functioning; Gender; Maternal depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749125751     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9216-0     Document Type: Article

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