Myths of motherhood. The role of culture in the development of postpartum depression

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-286

  Ambrosini, Alessandra ^a   Stanghellini, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feminine identity; Motherhood; Phenomenology; Postpartum depression; Typus melancholicus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

CULTURE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; MYTHOLOGY; WOMEN;

EID: 84866671302     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_03_08     Document Type: Article

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