The pilot and evaluation of a postnatal support group for Iraqi women in the year following the birth of their baby

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Rooney, Rosanna M ^a   Kane, Robert T ^a   Wright, Bernadette ^a   Gent, Vanessa ^a   Di Ciano, Taralisa ^a   Mancini, Vincent ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Iraqi; Iraqi women; Postnatal; Postnatal depression; Support group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893549669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00016     Document Type: Article

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