Epidemiology of maternal depression, risk factors, and child outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 973-982

  Gelaye, Bizu ^a   Rondon, Marta B ^b   Araya, Ricardo ^c   Williams, Michelle A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84994727930     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30284-X     Document Type: Review

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