Acceptability, Attitudes, and Overcoming Stigma

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

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 51-62

  Buist, Anne ^a   O'Mahen, Heather ^b   Rooney, Rosanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Antenatal depression; Attitudes; Health care providers; Postnatal depression; Referral; Screening; Stigma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976407243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118509722.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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