Anxiety, depression and stress in pregnancy: Implications for mothers, children, research, and practice

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-148

  Dunkel Schetter, Christine ^a   Tanner, Lynlee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; pregnancy; prenatal stress; stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL SCREENING; RACISM; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857050557     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283503680     Document Type: Review

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