The complexity of postpartum mental health and illness: A critical realist study

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-62

  Sword, Wendy ^a   Clark, Alexander M ^b   Hegadoren, Kathleen ^b   Brooks, Sandra ^a   Kingston, Dawn ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical realism; Depression; Maternal child health; Mental health; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEWBORN; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING THEORY; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84855301450     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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