Neighborhood characteristics and mental health: The relevance for mothers of infants in deprived English neighborhoods

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1243-1249

  Barnes, Jacqueline ^a   Belsky, Jay ^a   Frost, Martin ^a   Melhuish, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Mental health; Neighborhood; Parenting; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 83655203346     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0298-8     Document Type: Review

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