Cognition in pregnancy and motherhood: Prospective cohort study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-132

  Christensen, Helen ^a   Leach, Liana S ^a   Mackinnon, Andrew ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MOTHER; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749088954     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.068635     Document Type: Article

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