Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 321, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 588-601

  O'Connor, Elizabeth ^a   Senger, Caitlyn A ^a   Henninger, Michelle L ^a   Coppola, Erin ^a   Gaynes, Bradley N ^b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MINOR DEPRESSION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SERTRALINE;

EID: 85061336647     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.20865     Document Type: Article

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