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Maternal mental illness and mother-child relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David M. Foreman
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Interest in the relationship between mother-child interactions and mental health has two sources: awareness of the importance of correct parenting in personal development; and the exploration of postnatal mental illness.

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , May 1998 , pp. 135 - 143
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1998 

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