Women's help-seeking behaviours for depressive symptoms during the perinatal period: Socio-demographic and clinical correlates and perceived barriers to seeking professional help

Midwifery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1177-1185

  Fonseca, Ana ^a   Gorayeb, Ricardo ^b   Canavarro, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Help seeking behaviours; Perinatal depression; Perinatal period; Survey

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN;

EID: 84949531265     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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