Is postpartum depression a homogenous disorder: Time of onset, severity, symptoms and hopelessness in relation to the course of depression

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kettunen, Pirjo ^a   Koistinen, Eeva ^a   Hintikka, Jukka ^b,c  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Delivery; Depression; General population; Hopelessness; Postpartum depression; Pregnancy; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUILT; HOPELESSNESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925405867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-014-0402-2     Document Type: Article

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