Maternal depression in an urban pediatric practice: implications for health care delivery.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
A scale to measure depressive symptomatology was administered to mothers attending an urban pediatric primary care center. Over 50 per cent of the female heads of households were Black or low income and depressed. This suggests that the provider of pediatric primary care should recognize depression and make appropriate referrals or intervention, since depressed mothers may have a diminished ability to respond to the emotional needs of their children.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Orr, ST; James, S
Published Date
- April 1984
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 74 / 4
Start / End Page
- 363 - 365
PubMed ID
- 6703166
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC1651493
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1541-0048
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0090-0036
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.2105/ajph.74.4.363
Language
- eng