Open AccessMaternal Depression as a Risk Factor for Family Homelessness
Author(s) -
Marah A. Curtis,
Hope Corman,
Kelly Noonan,
Nancy E. Reichman
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.301941
Subject(s) - mental illness , depression (economics) , psychiatry , postpartum depression , mental health , psychology , logistic regression , family history , history of depression , risk factor , postpartum period , medicine , pregnancy , demography , sociology , anxiety , genetics , radiology , biology , economics , macroeconomics
We estimated the effects of maternal depression during the postpartum year, which is often an unexpected event, on subsequent homelessness and risk of homelessness in a national sample of urban, mostly low-income mothers.