Prenatal and Postnatal Maternal Mental Health and School-Age Child Development: A Systematic Review

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1728-1741

  Kingston, Dawn ^a   Tough, Suzanne ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Alberta Centre for Child Family and Community Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child; Depression; Development; Mental health; Postnatal; Prenatal; School age; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903944455     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1418-3     Document Type: Review

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