Re-conceptualising prenatal life stressors in predicting post-partum depression: Cumulative-, specific-, and domain-specific approaches to calculating risk

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 481-490

  Liu, Cindy H ^a   Tronick, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cumulative risk; life stress; post partum depression; postpartum depression screening; prenatal assessment; prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE APPROACH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE STRESS; LIVE BIRTH; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RISK ASSESSMENT MONITORING SYSTEM; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL STRESS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SPECIFIC APPROACH; UNITED STATES;

CUMULATIVE RISK; LIFE STRESS; POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION; POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SCREENING; PRENATAL ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL STRESS;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882279016     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12072     Document Type: Article

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