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Table 1 Search terms used to identify existing literature reporting psychological interventions to support breastfeeding, 15 January 2020

From: Perinatal psychological interventions to promote breastfeeding: a narrative review

No. Search strategy

Map term to subject heading (MeSH)

Keywords

1. MeSH or keywords (key findings for breastfeeding)

Breastfeeding, lactating, lactation, human milk, breast milk, breastfeed, and breastfed

Breastfeeding or “breast feeding” or breastfed or lactation or “breast milk” or “human milk”

2. MeSH or keywords (key findings for psychological interventions)

Relaxation therapy, relaxation techniques, meditation, imagery, verbal protocol, guided imagery, music therapy, cognitive therapy, perinatal mental health, psychotherapy, psychodynamics, hypnosis, cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, imagery psychotherapy

“Relaxation therapy” or meditation or “guided imagery” or “music therapy” or “verbal protocol” or “cognitive therapy” or “perinatal mental health” or psychotherapy or psychodynamics

3. 1 and 2 (combination both of key findings)

(Breastfeeding, lactating, lactation, human milk, breast milk, breastfeed, and breastfed) or [(breastfeeding or “breast feeding” or breastfed) or lactation or “breast milk” or “human milk”] and (relaxation therapy, relaxation techniques, meditation, imagery, verbal protocol, guided imagery music therapy, cognitive therapy, perinatal mental health, psychotherapy, psychodynamics, hypnosis, cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, imagery psychotherapy) or (“relaxation therapy” or meditation or “guided imagery” or “music therapy” or “verbal protocol” “or “cognitive therapy” or “perinatal mental health” or psychotherapy or psychodynamics)