Low rates of PTSD in men attending childbirth: A preliminary study

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-302

  Bradley, Rachel ^a   Slade, Pauline ^b   Leviston, Angela ^c  

^a DERBYSHIRE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MALE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PARTURITION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 48349089692     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466508X279495     Document Type: Article

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