Infant gender and postpartum sadness in the light of region of birth and some other factors: A contribution to the knowledgeof postpartum depression

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-130

  Lagerberg, Dagmar ^a   Magnusson, Margaretha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Central Unit for Child Health Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth region; EPDS; Gender; Postpartum; Sadness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT GENDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POSTPARTUM SADNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84861572053     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0265-3     Document Type: Article

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