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Regards
Sue Fenwick MPhil
 
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Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:41 AM
Subject: Antenatal & postnatal mental health

Can anyone point me in the right direction for studies of women's experiences of post natal depression or indeed mental health issues surrounding pregnancy & birth?
 
 
Dr Kath Ryan
Reader in Maternal & Perinatal Research
School of Health and Social Care (HSC)
Formerly Institute of Health & Community Studies
Royal London House
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Bournemouth University BH1 3LT
UK
 
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