Oxytocin in postnatally depressed mothers: Its influence on mood and expressed emotion

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 267-272

  Mah, Beth L ^a,b   Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^c   Smith, Roger ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^c  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Parent and Infant Mental Health Service   (Australia)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expressed Emotion; Mood; Oxytocin; Postnatal depression; RCT

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FIVE MINUTE SPEECH SAMPLE; HUMAN; MOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ASSESSMENT MANIKIN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OXYTOCIN; PARENTING; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84868553826     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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