A prospective inquiry of a largely working-class sample of women with children considers
the effect of employment on risk of developing clinical depression. The hypothesis was that …

A matched controlled study of 84 depressed women confirms the findings of Brown et al, that
loss of mother before 11, three or more children at home under 14 years of age, lack of a …

Many studies have been published which have examined the relationship between paid
employment and women's health. As employment outside the home is likely to have …

Cultural assumptions about motherhood create an artificial dichotomy between the normal,
happy, mother and the pathological experience of post‐partum depression. However, the …

Women at work throughout Britain, all members of the National Survey of Health and
Development, were asked whether they were under nervous strain in their work. Data are …

This paper describes the first stage of a longitudinal study of predominantly working class
mothers and their first babies in an inner London borough. During the course of one year all …

Ninety-two women and their first-born children took part in a longitudinal survey of maternal
mental health. When the children were four years old, their mothers were interviewed by …

Comparison of a patient population of depressed housewives with a matched group of
depressed working women revealed some significant differences in social functioning in …

The aetiological model proposed by Brown and Harris was examined in a sample of 110
working class women with children in Oxford. Using the same methodology as Brown and …

A prospective study of mood changes through pregnancy and puerperium was undertaken
by a research group centred on the North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, London. Data …