Is Postpartum Depression a Distinct Disorder?

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Di Florio, Arianna ^a,b   Meltzer Brody, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nosology; Phenotype; Postpartum depression; Pregnancy; Timing; Validity

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; VALIDATION PROCESS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84939222889     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-015-0617-6     Document Type: Review

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