A qualitative analysis of women's accounts of puerperal psychosis and postnatal depression : the search for similarity, difference and understanding

Women's accounts of 'puerperal psychosis' (PP) and 'postnatal depression' (PND) were analysed using a qualitative approach (Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis). The study aimed to explore experiences of PP and PND from women's own perspectives; to see whether accoun...

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Main Author: Day, Catherine
Published: University of East London 2002
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532491