Screening of antenatal depression in Pakistan: Risk factors and effects on obstetric and neonatal outcomes

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-32

  Imran, Nazish ^a   Haider, Imran Ijaz ^b  

^a KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b FATIMA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antenatal depression; Postnatal depression; Pregnancy; Women's mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTENATAL DEPRESSION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 77953439000     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2009.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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