Mood and anxiety problems in perinatal Indigenous women in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States: A critical review of the literature

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-111

  Bowen, Angela ^a   Duncan, Vicky ^a   Peacock, Shelley ^a   Bowen, Rudy ^a   Schwartz, Laura ^a   Campbell, Diane ^a   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; anxiety; depression; perinatal; postpartum; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GROUP; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; UNITED STATES; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA EXTRACTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GROUPS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893057694     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461513501712     Document Type: Article

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