Maternal bonding in mothers with postpartum anxiety disorder: the crucial role of subclinical depressive symptoms and maternal avoidance behaviour

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 433-442

  Tietz, A ^a   Zietlow, A L ^a   Reck, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Maternal avoidance behaviour; Maternal bonding; Postpartum anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897120473     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0423-x     Document Type: Article

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