Supporting the adolescent mother-infant relationship: Preliminary trial of a brief perinatal attachment intervention

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 511-520

  Nicolson, Susan ^a   Judd, Fiona ^a,b   Thomson Salo, Frances ^a,c   Mitchell, Sarah ^d  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Intervention studies; Maternity hospitals; Mother child relationship; Perinatal care; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AMPLE INTERVENTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL AVAILABILITY SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890233146     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-013-0364-9     Document Type: Article

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