Preventing postpartum depression: A meta-analytic review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1205-1217

  Sockol, Laura E ^a,b,c   Epperson, C Neill ^c   Barber, Jacques P ^d  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Postpartum depression; Prevention

Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE;

DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

META-ANALYSIS; POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION; PREVENTION;

DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887225963     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.10.004     Document Type: Review

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