General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 398-404 , September 2004

Increased depression and anxiety in infertile Japanese women resulting from lack of husband's support and feelings of stress

  • Hidehiko Matsubayashi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Specialized Clinical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 463 93 1121; fax: +81 463 91 4343.
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  • Takashi Hosaka, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Center for Specialized Clinical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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  • Shun-ichiro Izumi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Specialized Clinical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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  • Takahiro Suzuki, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Specialized Clinical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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  • Akane Kondo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Specialized Clinical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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  • Tsunehisa Makino, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Specialized Clinical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan

Received 24 December 2003 ,Accepted 26 May 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.05.002

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 398-404 , September 2004

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