Postpartum bonding: the role of perinatal depression, anxiety and maternal–fetal bonding during pregnancy

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 187-195

  Dubber, S ^a   Reck, C ^b   Muller M ^b   Gawlik, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Maternal fetal attachment; Postpartum bonding; Postpartum depression; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; BIRTH; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARTURITION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84936854714     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0445-4     Document Type: Article

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