Maternal mental health: The missing "m" in the global maternal and child health agenda

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 345-352

  Atif, Najia ^a   Lovell, Karina ^b   Rahman, Atif ^c  

^a Human Development Research Foundation   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low and middle income countries; Maternal mental health; Perinatal depression; Postnatal depression; Public mental health

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; INFANT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84952672493     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2015.06.007     Document Type: Review

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