'My special time': Australian women's experiences of accessing a specialist perinatal and infant mental health service

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 268-277

  Myors, Karen A ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^a   Johnson, Maree ^a,b   Cleary, Michelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INGHAM INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attachment; Perinatal and infant mental health; Psychosocial; Qualitative research; Relationship s; Secure base; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903636765     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12079     Document Type: Article

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