Postnatal Depression in First-Time Mothers: Prevalence and Relationships Between Functional and Structural Social Support at 6 and 12 Weeks Postpartum

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-184

  Leahy Warren, Patricia ^a   McCarthy, Geraldine ^a,b   Corcoran, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957519123     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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