Suicidal ideation in depressed postpartum women: Associations withchildhood trauma, sleep disturbance and anxiety

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 66-67, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-104

  Sit, Dorothy ^a   Luther, James ^b   Buysse, Daniel ^a   Dills, John L ^b   Eng, Heather ^b   Okun, Michele ^c   Wisniewski, Stephen ^b   Wisner, Katherine L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Childhood abuse; Postpartum depression; Sleep disturbance; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; SEXUAL CRIME; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX OFFENSES; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84930539913     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.04.021     Document Type: Article

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