Public views of acceptability of perinatal mental health screening and treatment preference: A population based survey

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kingston, Dawn ^a   McDonald, Sheila ^b   Tough, Suzanne ^b   Austin, Marie Paule ^c   Hegadoren, Kathy ^a   Lasiuk, Gerri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Antenatal; Anxiety; Depression; Mental health literacy; Perinatal mental health; Postpartum; Screening; Stress; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; ANXIETY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC OPINION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893664449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-67     Document Type: Article

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