Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 680-690

  Speisman, Brittany B ^a   Storch, Eric A ^b   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861670071     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2011.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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