A cross-sectional study of antenatal depression and associated factors in Malawi

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-154

  Stewart, Robert C ^a,b   Umar, Eric ^b   Tomenson, Barbara ^c   Creed, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Common mental disorder; Depression; Low income countries; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALAWI; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORTING QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897111830     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-013-0387-2     Document Type: Article

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