Depression and anxiety in perinatal period: Prevalence and risk factors in an Italian sample

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Giardinelli, L ^a   Innocenti, A ^a   Benni, L ^a   Stefanini, M C ^a   Lino, G ^a   Lunardi, C ^a   Svelto, V ^a   Afshar, S ^a   Bovani, R ^a   Castellini, G ^a   Faravelli, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression anxiety; Maternal; Perinatal psychopathology; Psychosocial screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EATING DISORDER; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPARA; PANIC; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861576762     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-011-0249-8     Document Type: Article

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