Maternal-infant mental health: postpartum group intervention

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 243-251

  de Camps Meschino, Diane ^a,b   Philipp, Diane ^a,c   Israel, Aliza ^a,b   Vigod, Simone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c The Hincks Delcrest Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group therapy; Mentalize; Parenting; Postpartum depression; WWW

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSTHYMIA; EATING DISORDER; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; MINDFULNESS; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOBIA; PILOT STUDY; PLAY THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREND STUDY; ANXIETY; CANADA; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; CANADA; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MINDFULNESS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938630475     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-015-0551-y     Document Type: Article

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