Mental preparation during pregnancy in women with substance addiction: A qualitative interview-study

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 458-467

  Söderström, Kerstin ^a,b,c  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Addiction; Mental representations; Motherhood; Pregnancy; Reflective functioning; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865304153     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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