Associations between postnatal maternal depression and psychological outcomes in adolescent offspring: a systematic review

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-162

  Sanger, Camilla ^a,c   Iles, Jane E ^a   Andrew, Catharina S ^b   Ramchandani, Paul G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent outcomes; Offspring development; Postnatal depression; Review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GRIEF; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCINFO; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS;

EID: 84925538703     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0463-2     Document Type: Review

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