Identifying women at risk for postpartum anxiety: a prospective population-based study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 485-493

  Dennis, C L ^a,b   Falah Hassani, K ^a   Brown, H K ^a,c   Vigod, S N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; postpartum; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; POSTPARTUM ANXIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988014358     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12648     Document Type: Article

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