The impact of maternal psychopathology on child-mother attachment

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-134

  Wan, Ming Wai ^a   Green, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental outcomes; Maternal depression; Parent child relations; Parenting; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67349284953     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-009-0066-5     Document Type: Review

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