Dependency and self-criticism in post-partum depression and anxiety: A case control study

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-32

  Vliegen, Nicole ^a   Luyten, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65549125995     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.597     Document Type: Article

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