Screening and pathways to maternal mental health care in a South African antenatal setting

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 371-379

  Vythilingum, B ^a   Field, S ^a   Kafaar, Z ^b   Baron, E ^a   Stein, D J ^a   Sanders, L ^a   Honikman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Low resource setting; Maternal mental health; Psychiatric referral; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANIC; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885022694     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-013-0343-1     Document Type: Article

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