Pregnancy and levels of depression and anxiety: A prospective cohort study of Australian women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 944-951

  Leach, Liana S ^a   Christensen, Helen ^b   Mackinnon, Andrew ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal; anxiety; depression; longitudinal; pregnancy; prospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLDBERG ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NULLIPARA; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOM; AUSTRALIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906215406     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867414533013     Document Type: Article

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