A comparison of depression and anxiety symptom trajectories between women who had an abortion and women denied one

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2073-2082

  Foster, D G ^a   Steinberg, J R ^b   Roberts, S C M ^a   Neuhaus, J ^c   Biggs, M A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; anxiety; depression

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930182358     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714003213     Document Type: Article

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