Variation and ethnic inequalities in treatment of common mental disorders before, during and after pregnancy: Combined analysis of routine and research data in the Born in Bradford cohort

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Prady, Stephanie L ^a   Pickett, Kate E ^a   Gilbody, Simon ^a   Petherick, Emily S ^b,c   Mason, Dan ^b   Sheldon, Trevor A ^a   Wright, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Ethnic group; Post natal; Pregnancy; Treatment inequality

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON MENTAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ENGLAND; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85007460146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0805-x     Document Type: Article

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