Perceptions of postnatal depression and health care needs in a South African sample: The "mental" in maternal health care

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kathree, Tasneem ^a   Selohilwe, One M ^a   Bhana, Arvin ^a   Petersen, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Low income; Maternal; Mental health; Postnatal; South Africa; Task sharing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONFLICT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXTRAMARITAL SEX; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INSECURITY; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL REJECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920815819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-014-0140-7     Document Type: Article

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