Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 221-224 , 1 July 2006

Changes in Maternal Depressive Symptoms Across the Postpartum Year at Well Child Care Visits

Presented in part at 2nd World Congress on Women’s Mental Health, March 2004, Washington, DC; and the annual meeting of the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, Coronado, CA, February 2005.

  • Linda H. Chaudron, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Linda H. Chaudron, MD, MS, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and OB/GYN, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 300 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, NY 14642.
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  • Harriet J. Kitzman, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY
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  • Peter G. Szilagyi, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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  • Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Anson, BA

      Affiliations

    • University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY

Received 18 October 2005 ,Accepted 6 April 2005.

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PII: S1530-1567(06)00118-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.04.003

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 221-224 , 1 July 2006

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