Refugee, asylum seeker, immigrant women and postnatal depression: Rates and risk factors

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Collins, Catherine H ^c   Zimmerman, Cathy ^a   Howard, Louise M ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Immigrants; Postnatal depression; Refugees; Social support; Women

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MESH HEADING; MIGRATION; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79751530929     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-010-0198-7     Document Type: Review

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