Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 2 , Pages 139-147 , April 2003

Diagnosing postpartum depression in mothers and fathers: whatever happened to anxiety?

  • Stephen Matthey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Sydney; and the South West Sydney Area Health Service, Park House, 13 Elizabeth Street, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61-2-9827-8011; fax: +61-2-9827-8010
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  • Bryanne Barnett

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Pauline Howie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • David J Kavanagh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Received 22 February 2000 ,Revised 6 February 2001 ,Accepted 4 December 2001.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00012-5

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 2 , Pages 139-147 , April 2003

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