Paternal Postpartum Depression: What Health Care Providers Should Know

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 479-485

  Musser, Anna K ^a   Ahmed, Azza H ^b   Foli, Karen J ^b   Coddington, Jennifer A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressed fathers; Fathers; Paternal depression; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COUNSELING; DEPRESSED FATHERS; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATERNAL DEPRESSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR;

DEPRESSED FATHERS; FATHERS; PATERNAL DEPRESSION; POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION;

COUNSELING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PARENTING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84885957941     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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