Fathers' Perinatal Mental Health

Identifying Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: Evidence-Based Practice in Screening, Psychosocial Assessment, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 165-176

  Fletcher, Richard ^a   Garfield, Craig F ^b   Matthey, Stephen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Health in NSW ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Fathers; Male specific; Mental health; Mood disorders; Paternal mental health; Perinatal postnatal depression; Screening for depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976367341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118509722.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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