Australian midwives' awareness and management of antenatal and postpartum depression

Women and Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-28

  Jones, Cindy J ^a   Creedy, Debra K ^a,b   Gamble, Jenny A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Awareness; Depression; Management; Midwives; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTENATAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; POSTAL MAIL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCREENING TEST;

COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84856587196     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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