The effects of social support on maternal anxiety and depression after stillbirth

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-176

  Cacciatore, Joanne ^a   Schnebly, Stephen ^a   Froen, J Frederik ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community interventions; Death and dying; Family support; Family systems; Fetal death; Maternal anxiety and depression; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 60049094874     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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