'Creating a safety net': Women's experiences of antenatal depression and their identification of helpful community support and services during pregnancy

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Raymond, Jane E ^a,b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b London Borough of Barking and Dagenham   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal depression; Constructivism; Social support; Support needs and pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149496251     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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