Perinatal Dyadic Psychotherapy for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled pilot trial

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 493-506

  Goodman, Janice H ^a   Prager, Joanna ^a   Goldstein, Richard ^b   Freeman, Marlene ^c  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Mother infant relationship; Postpartum anxiety; Postpartum depression; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL DYADIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; OBJECT RELATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929705599     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0483-y     Document Type: Article

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