Universal screening for postpartum depression: an inquiry into provider attitudes and practice

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Delatte, Rachel ^a   Cao, Hongyuan ^b   Meltzer Brody, Samantha ^a   Menard, M Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; postpartum depression; screening; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCUMENTATION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCREENING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 64249088769     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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