Postpartum depression among immigrant women

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-348

  Fung, Kenneth ^a   Dennis, Cindy Lee ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Immigrant; Interventions; Mental health services; Newcomer; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE; PLACEBO;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77953497695     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32833ad721     Document Type: Review

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