New mothers' thoughts of harm related to the newborn

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-229

  Fairbrother, Nichole ^a   Woody, Sheila R ^b  

^a WOMEN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intrusive thoughts; Postpartum mental health; Thoughts of harm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 47149089655     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-008-0016-7     Document Type: Article

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