Elevated depression and anxiety symptoms among pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Catherine Lebel; Anna MacKinnon; Mercedes Bagshawe; Lianne Tomfohr‐Madsen; Gerald F. Giesbrecht

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.126

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AnxietyDepression (economics)StressorPregnancyPsychiatryMedicinePandemicSocial supportDistressSocial isolationClinical psychologyPsychologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)DiseaseInternal medicine

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 277
Pages: 5-13
Citations: 997
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                                    Catherine Lebel, 
                                
                                    Anna MacKinnon, 
                                
                                    Mercedes Bagshawe
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Elevated depression and anxiety symptoms among pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
                            Journal of Affective Disorders
                            , 277
                            
                            , 5-13.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.126

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.126