Early intervention to protect the mother-infant relationship following postnatal depression: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Milgrom, Jeannette ^a,b   Holt, Charlene ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mother infant difficulties; Postnatal depression; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GIFT GIVING; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CARE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 84908092011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-385     Document Type: Article

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