Admission of women, with their infants, for psychological and psychiatric causes in Victoria, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-150

  Fisher, Jane R W ^a,b   Rowe, Heather J ^a   Hammarberg, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Masada Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health services; Maternal mental health; Maternal child; Mother Baby units; Residential early parenting centres

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ROOMING-IN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79959876543     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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