Emotional processing in childbirth: A predictor of postnatal depression?

British Journal of Midwifery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 154-159

  Wilkins, Carol ^a   Baker, Roger ^b   Bick, Debra ^c   Thomas, Peter ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Psychology   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350151174     PISSN: 09694900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2009.17.3.40077     Document Type: Article

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