Maternal depression in the United States: Nationally representative rates and risks

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1609-1617

  Ertel, Karen A ^a,b   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^a,c   Koenen, Karestan C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Kellogg Health Scholars Program   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL DEPRESSION; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155125678     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2657     Document Type: Article

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