The role of body image in prenatal and postpartum depression: a critical review of the literature

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 409-421

  Silveira, Marushka L ^a   Ertel, Karen A ^a   Dole, Nancy ^b   Chasan Taber, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Depression; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENTAL STRESS; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT CHANGE; ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84929705477     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-015-0525-0     Document Type: Review

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