Abortion and Mental Health: Evaluating the Evidence

American Psychologist

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 863-890

  Major, Brenda ^a   Appelbaum, Mark ^b   Beckman, Linda ^c   Dutton, Mary Ann ^d   Russo, Nancy Felipe ^e   West, Carolyn ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

abortion; abortion and mental health; emotional reactions to abortion; postabortion mental health; psychological responses to abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 73449113700     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017497     Document Type: Article

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