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Private Health Practitioners' experience of and attitude screening for Postnatal Depression
Ten to fifteen per cent of women from affluent countries, utilising private health care services are diagnosed with Postnatal Depression (PND) annually. Despite the high prevalence and the negative consequences for mother, child and partner, PND remains largely undiagnosed. Thus, this study explored...
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| description | Ten to fifteen per cent of women from affluent countries, utilising private health care services are diagnosed with Postnatal Depression (PND) annually. Despite the high prevalence and the negative consequences for mother, child and partner, PND remains largely undiagnosed. Thus, this study explored health practitioners' experience of and attitude towards screening for postnatal depression to explore the barriers to screening as well as potential mechanisms to improve the rate of detection. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10149 Private Health Practitioners' experience of and attitude screening for Postnatal Depression Back, Jenny Clinical Psychology Ten to fifteen per cent of women from affluent countries, utilising private health care services are diagnosed with Postnatal Depression (PND) annually. Despite the high prevalence and the negative consequences for mother, child and partner, PND remains largely undiagnosed. Thus, this study explored health practitioners' experience of and attitude towards screening for postnatal depression to explore the barriers to screening as well as potential mechanisms to improve the rate of detection. 2014-12-26T14:21:23Z 2014-12-26T14:21:23Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10149 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Clinical Psychology Back, Jenny Private Health Practitioners' experience of and attitude screening for Postnatal Depression |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Private Health Practitioners' experience of and attitude screening for Postnatal Depression |
| title_full | Private Health Practitioners' experience of and attitude screening for Postnatal Depression |
| title_fullStr | Private Health Practitioners' experience of and attitude screening for Postnatal Depression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Private Health Practitioners' experience of and attitude screening for Postnatal Depression |
| title_short | Private Health Practitioners' experience of and attitude screening for Postnatal Depression |
| title_sort | private health practitioners experience of and attitude screening for postnatal depression |
| topic | Clinical Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10149 |
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