Admission of women, with their infants, for psychological and psychiatric causes in Victoria, Australia

Jane Fisher, Heather Rowe, Karin Hammarberg

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Abstract

Australia has specialist psychiatric and residential early parenting services (REPS) to which women with postnatal psychiatric illness or psychological difficulties in adjusting to motherhood can be admitted with their infants. The study aim was to ascertain the proportions of Victorian mother-infant dyads admitted to these services in one year.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)146 - 150
Number of pages5
JournalAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Volume32
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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