An exploration of illness beliefs in mothers with postnatal depression

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 682-689

  Patel, Sonia ^a   Wittkowski, Anja ^a,c   Fox, John R E ^a,b   Wieck, Angelika ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Southgate   (United Kingdom)

^c GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Illness beliefs; Postnatal depression; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84889561007     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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