Rate and predictors of postpartum depression in a 22-year follow-up of a cohort of earthquake survivors in Armenia

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-237

  Demirchyan, Anahit ^a   Petrosyan, Diana ^b   Armenian, Haroutune K ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA   (Armenia)

^b Armenian Ministry of Health   (Armenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Armenia; Earthquake survivors; Postpartum depression; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EARTHQUAKE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVOR; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARMENIA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARMENIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84901682354     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-013-0404-5     Document Type: Article

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