When should women be screened for postnatal depression?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-154

  Bick, Debra ^a   Howard, Louise ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME;

EID: 76249088179     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.09.156     Document Type: Editorial

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