The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin Administration on Sensitive Caregiving in Mothers with Postnatal Depression

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 308-315

  Mah, Beth L ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^b   Out, Dorothee ^b   Smith, Roger ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^b  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Maternal behaviour; Oxytocin; Postnatal; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PARENTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964336237     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: 15733327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-016-0642-7     Document Type: Article

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