Are women with a history of abuse more vulnerable to perinatal depressive symptoms? A systematic review

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 343-357

  Alvarez Segura, M ^a,b   Garcia Esteve, L ^c,d   Torres, A ^c,d   Plaza, A ^c,e   Imaz, M L ^c,d   Hermida Barros, L ^a   San, L ^a   Burtchen, N ^f  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^b The Alicia Koplowitz Foundation   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e Centre de la Ma   (Spain)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Antepartum; Childhood abuse; Domestic violence; Perinatal depression; Postpartum; Violence

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84929995103     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0440-9     Document Type: Review

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