Predictors of postnatal depression in an urban South African cohort

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Ramchandani, Paul G ^a   Richter, Linda M ^b   Stein, Alan ^a   Norris, Shane A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antenatal stress; Postnatal depression; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STRESS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58349099206     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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