Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and perinatal mental disorders in low and lower middle income countries: A systematic review of literature, 1990–2017

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 66, Issue , 2018, Pages 117-135

  Halim, Nafisa ^a   Beard, Jennifer ^a   Mesic, Aldina ^a   Patel, Archana ^c   Henderson, David ^b   Hibberd, Patricia ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCINFO; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 85036563154     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2017.11.004     Document Type: Review

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