Depression in the perinatal period: Awareness, attitudes and knowledge in the Australian population

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-231

  Highet, Nicole J ^c   Gemmill, Alan W ^b   Milgrom, Jeannette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c The National Depression Initiative   (Australia)

Author keywords

depression; mental health literacy; population survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MOOD DISORDER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TELEPHONE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 79952304517     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.547842     Document Type: Article

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