Postnatal depression among bahraini women: Prevalence of symptoms and psychosocial risk factors;Dépression postnatale chez des femmes bahreïnies: Prévalence des symptômes et des facteurs de risque psychosociaux

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 432-438

  Al Dallal, F H ^a   Grant, I N ^b  

^a Primary Health Care   (Bahrain)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHRAINI; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862319366     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.5.432     Document Type: Article

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