Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 239-246 , May 2007

In the Moment: Attitudinal Measure of Pediatrician Management of Maternal Depression

  • Elyse R. Park, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry/Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Elyse R. Park, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, 50 Staniford St, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02114.
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  • Amy Storfer-Isser, MS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Kelly J. Kelleher, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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  • Ruth E.K. Stein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Amy M. Heneghan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Linda Chaudron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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  • Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Karen G. O’Connor, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Ill.
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  • Sarah McCue Horwitz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 2 January 2006 ,Accepted 11 March 2007.

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PII: S1530-1567(07)00050-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.03.002

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 239-246 , May 2007

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