All-cause mortality in women with severe postpartum psychiatric disorders

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 635-642

  Johannsen, Benedicte Marie Winther ^a   Larsen, Janne Tidselbak ^a   Laursen, Thomas Munk ^a   Bergink, Veerle ^a   Meltzer Brody, Samantha ^a   Munk Olsen, Trine ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DANISH CITIZEN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEATH; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973293708     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14121510     Document Type: Article

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