Should men be screened and treated for postnatal depression?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Nazareth, Irwin ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

depression; fathers; paternal; postpartum; screening; treatment

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 78650400800     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.10.183     Document Type: Editorial

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