Emotional availability and psychosocial correlates among mothers in substance-abuse treatment and their young infants

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Fraser, Jenifer Goldman ^a   Harris Britt, April ^b   Thakkallapalli, Erin Leone ^c   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^b   Martin, Sandra ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL AVAILABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 77955615922     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20239     Document Type: Article

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