Paternal postpartum depression: How can nurses begin to help?

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-210

  Melrose, Sherri ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing; Parental depression; Paternal postpartum depression; Sad dads

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77956633081     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2010.34.2.199     Document Type: Article

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