Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 11-16 , March 2006

Health professional's knowledge and awareness of perinatal depression: Results of a national survey

  • A. Buist

      Affiliations

    • University of Melbourne, Austin Health, P.O. Box 5444, West Heidelberg, Vic. 3081, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • J. Bilszta

      Affiliations

    • University of Melbourne, Austin Health, P.O. Box 5444, West Heidelberg, Vic. 3081, Australia
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  • J. Milgrom

      Affiliations

    • University of Melbourne, Austin Health, P.O. Box 5444, West Heidelberg, Vic. 3081, Australia
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  • B. Barnett

      Affiliations

    • University of NSW, Park House, 13 Elizabeth Street, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
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  • B. Hayes

      Affiliations

    • James Cook University, Townsville, Qld. 2081, Australia
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  • M.-P. Austin

      Affiliations

    • Prince of Wales Hospital, Department of Liaison Psychiatry, University of NSW, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia

,Accepted 16 December 2005.

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PII: S1871-5192(06)00003-5

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2005.12.001

Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 11-16 , March 2006

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