Effective treatment of perinatal depression for women in debt and lacking financial empowerment in a low-income country

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 451-457

  Rahman, Atif ^a   Sikander, Siham ^b   Malik, Abid ^b,c   Ahmed, Ikhlaque ^b   Tomenson, Barbara ^d   Creed, Francis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Human Development Research Foundation   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870365591     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.109207     Document Type: Article

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