Postpartum depression: An update

Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-295

  Friedman, Susan Hatters ^a,b   Resnick, Phillip J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Infanticide; Lactation; Postpartum; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; LORAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CRYING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LACTATION; NERVOUSNESS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67651171625     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.09.3     Document Type: Review

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