Primary Care Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Postpartum Depression:Is It Part of Their Job?

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-29

  Glasser, Saralee ^a   Levinson, Daphna ^b   Bina, Rena ^c   Munitz, Hanan ^d   Horev, Ze’ev ^d   Kaplan, Giora ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b General Health Services   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Clalit Health Services   (Ireland)

Author keywords

family practitioner; pediatrics; Postpartum depression; primary care; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84988452013     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131915611827     Document Type: Article

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