General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 9-16 , January 2012

Depression in pregnancy is associated with preexisting but not pregnancy-induced hypertension

  • Wayne J. Katon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 206 543 7177; fax: +1 206 221 5414.
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  • Joan E. Russo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
    • ,
  • Jennifer L. Melville, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
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  • Jodie G. Katon, Ph.C.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
    • ,
  • Amelia R. Gavin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA

Received 16 August 2011 ,Accepted 27 September 2011.

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☆ Disclosure statement: Wayne Katon is on the speaker's bureau for Forest, Wyeth, Eli Lilly and Pfizer pharmaceutical companies and is an advisory committee member for Eli Lilly and Wyeth.

PII: S0163-8343(11)00307-0

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.09.018

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 9-16 , January 2012

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