Psychotic illness in first-time mothers with no previous psychiatric hospitalizations: A population-based study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 0194-0201

  Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur ^a,b   Hultman, Christina M ^a,c   Harlow, Bernard ^d   Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Sparén, Pär ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUERPERIUM; SWEDEN;

ESTROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449136730     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000013     Document Type: Article

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