Association between depressive symptoms in adolescence and birth outcomes in early adulthood using a population-based sample

Background: Adolescent female depressive symptomatology is an unrecognized mood disorder that impairs health in adolescence or adulthood. However, the long-term effects of pre-pregnancy depressive symptoms on birth outcomes in adulthood have not been given adequate empirical assessments. Method: In...

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Main Authors: Stephen Nkansah-Amankra, Grace Tettey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335515000534