Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 65-70 , June 2008

Bringing birth-related paternal depression to the fore

  • Marina Schumacher

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
    • ,
  • Carlos Zubaran

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
    • Department of Psychiatry, Blacktown Hospital, NSW 2148, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry, Blacktown Hospital, NSW 2148, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9881 8000; fax: +61 2 9881 8535.
    • ,
  • Gillian White

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand

Received 18 October 2007 ,Revised 17 March 2008 ,Accepted 25 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.03.008

Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 65-70 , June 2008

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