Dyadic intervention during pregnancy? Treating pregnant women and possibly reaching the future baby

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 399-419

  Bergner, Sharone ^a   Monk, Catherine ^b,c   Werner, Elizabeth A ^d  

^a Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOPHYSICS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRAIT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; TEMPERAMENT; VIGNETTE;

EID: 55849119233     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20190     Document Type: Article

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