How Do Previous Mental Health, Social Support, and Stressful Life Events Contribute to Postnatal Depression in a Representative Sample of Australian Women?

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-150

  Chojenta, Catherine ^a   Loxton, Deborah ^a,c   Lucke, Jayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Life events; Postnatal depression; Postpartum depression; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858776661     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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