Childbirth and symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety: a prospective birth cohort study

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 219-227

  Bell, A F ^a   Carter, C S ^b   Davis, J M ^a   Golding, J ^c   Adejumo, O ^a   Pyra, M ^a   Connelly, J J ^d   Rubin, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Anxiety; Birth; Depression; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; CHILD; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84937702389     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-015-0555-7     Document Type: Article

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