Starting a perinatal and infant mental health service at Winnunga Nimmityjah

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Adams, Emma ^a   Tongs, Julie ^b  

^a Psychiatrist Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service   (Australia)

^b Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Infant mental health; Perinatal; Postnatal depression; Service

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CULTURAL SAFETY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY THERAPY; GRIEF; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERINATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TORRES TRAIT ISLANDER; TRUST;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052400525     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398562.2011.582751     Document Type: Article

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