The mental health of mothers of unsettled infants: Is there value in routine psychosocial assessment in this context?

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 391-399

  Christl, Bettina ^a   Reilly, Nicole ^a   Smith, Michelle ^a,b,c   Sims, Deborah ^a   Chavasse, Fran ^d,e   Austin, Marie Paule ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Perinatal and Women's Mental Health Unit   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Tresillian Family Care Centres   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Parent craft; Postnatal period; Psychosocial risk assessment; Unsettled infants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; MOTHER; PERSONALITY; POSTNATAL RISK QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885019183     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-013-0360-0     Document Type: Article

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