Postnatal depression - Myth and reality: Maternal depression before and after the birth of a child

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-27

  Najman, J M ^a   Andersen, M J ^a   Bor, W ^b   O'Callaghan, M J ^c   Williams, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Brisbane North Regional Health Authority   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baby blues; Longitudinal survey; Postnatal depression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RECALL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0034013526     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050004     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. American Psychiatric Association (1994) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edn. American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC
2. Appleby L, Gregoire A, Platz C, Prince M, Kumar R (1994) Screening women for high risk of postnatal depression. J Psychosom Res 38: 539-545
3. Augusto A, Kumar R, Calheiros JM, Matos E, Figueiredo E (1996) Post-natal depression in an urban area of Portugal: comparison of childbearing women and matched controls. Psychol Med 26: 135-141
4. Bagshaw VE (1977) A replication study of Foulds' and Bedford's hierarchical model of depression. Br J Psychiatry 131: 53-55
5. Ballard CG, Davis R, Cullen PC, Mohan RN, Dean C (1994) Prevalence of postnatal psychiatric morbidity in mothers and fathers. Br J Psychiatry 164: 782-788
6. Bedford A, Foulds GA (1977) Validation of the Delusions-Symptoms-States Inventory. Br J Med Psychol 50: 163-171
7. Bedford A, Foulds GA (1978) Delusions-Symptoms-States Inventory of Anxiety and Depression. NFER, Windsor
8. Bedford A, Foulds GA, Sheffield BF (1976) A new personal disturbance scale (DSSI/SAD). Br J Soc Clin Psychol 15: 387-394
9. Blazer DG, Kessler RC, McGonagle KA, Swartz MS (1994) The prevalence and distribution of major depression in a national community sample: the National Comorbidity Survey. Am J Psychiatry 151: 979-986
10. Boyle FM, Vance JC, Najman JM, Thearle MJ (1996) The mental health impact of stillbirth, neonatal death or SIDS: prevalence and patterns of distress among mothers. Soc Sci Med 43: 1273-1282
11. Bridge LR, Little BC, Hayworth J, Dewhurst J, Priest RG (1985) Psychometric ante-natal predictors of post-natal depressed mood. J Psychosom Res 29: 325-331
12. Carter J (ed) (1992) Postnatal depression: towards a research agenda for human services and health. Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra
13. Condon JT, Corkindale CJ (1997) The assessment of depression in the postnatal period: a comparison of four self-report questionnaires. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 31: 353-359
14. Cooper P, Murray L (1998) Prediction, detection, and treatment of postnatal depression. Arch Dis Child 77: 97-99
15. Cox JL, Chapman G, Murray D, Jones P (1996) Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in non-postnatal women. J Affect Disord 39: 185-189
16. Cox JL, Connor YM, Henderson I, McGuire RJ, Kendell RE (1983) Prospective study of the psychiatric disorders of child-birth by self report questionnaire. J Affect Disord 5: 1-7
17. Cox JL, Holden JM, Sagovsky R (1987) Detection of postnatal depression: development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Br J Psychiatry 150: 782-786
18. Cutrona CE (1983) Causal attributions and perinatal depression. J Abnorm Psychol 92: 161-172
19. Foulds GA, Bedford A (1975) Hierarchy of classes of personal illness. Psychol Med 5: 181-192
20. Gilleard E (1983) A cross-cultural investigation of Foulds' hierarchy model of psychiatric illness. Br J Psychiatry 142: 518-523
21. Harris B, Huckle P, Thomas R, Johns S, Fung H (1989) The use of rating scales to identify post-natal depression. Br J Psychiatry 154: 813-817
22. Heather N (1977) Personal illness in 'lifers' and the effects of long-term indeterminate sentences. Br J Criminol 17: 378-386
23. Herz E, Thoma M, Umek W, Gruber K, Linzmayer L, Walcher W, Philipp T, Putz M (1997), Non-psychotic post partum depression. Geburtschilfe Frauenheilkunde 57: 282-288
24. Jorm AF (1995) Mental disorders in males: the size of the problem. In: Jorm AF (ed) Men and mental health. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, pp 2-5
25. Keeping JD, Najman JM, Morrison J, Western JS, Andersen MJ, Williams GM (1989) A prospective longitudinal study of social, psychological and obstetrical factors in pregnancy: response rates and demographic characteristics of the 8556 respondents. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 96: 289-297
26. Kessler RC, McGonagle KA, Zhao S, Nelson CB, Hughes M, Eshleman S, Wittchen HU, Kendler KS (1994) Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of DSM-IV-R psychiatric disorders in the United States. Arch Gen Psychiatry 51: 8-19
27. Kumar R (1994) Postnatal mental illness: a transcultural perspective. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 29: 250-264
28. McLennan W (1997) Mental health and wellbeing: profile of adults, Australia. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra
29. Morey LC (1985) A comparative validation of the Foulds and Bedford hierarchy of psychiatric symptomatology. Br J Psychiatry 146: 424-428
30. Murray L, Carothers AD (1990) The validation of the Edinburgh Post-natal Depression Scale on a community sample. Br J Psychiatry 157: 288-290
31. Myers JK, Weissman MM, Tischler GL, Holzer CE III, Leaf PJ, Orvaschel H, Anthony JC, Boyd JH, Burke JD Jr, Kramer M, Stoltzman R (1984) Six-month prevalence of psychiatric disorders in three communities. Arch Gen Psychiatry 41: 959-967
32. O'Hara MW, Zekoski EM, Philipps LH, Wright EJ (1990) Controlled prospective study of postpartum mood disorders: comparison of childbearing and nonchildbearing women. J Abnorm Psychol 99: 3-15
33. Palmer RL, Ekisa EG, Winbow AJ (1981) Patterns of self-reported symptoms in chronic psychiatric patients. Br J Psychiatry 139: 209-212
34. Pitt B (1968) 'Atypical' depression following childbirth. Br J Psychiatry 114: 1325-1335
35. Reighard FT, Evans ML (1996) Use of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in a southern, rural population in the Unite States. Prog Neuro-Psychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 19: 1219-1224
36. Schnurr R, Hoaken PCS, Jarrett FJ (1976) Comparison of depression inventories in a clinical population. Can Psychiatr Assoc J 21: 473-476
37. Van Praag HM (1998) The diagnosis of depression in disorder. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 32: 767-772
38. Webster ML, Thompson JMD, Mitchell EA, Werry JS (1994) Postnatal depression in a community cohort. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 28: 42-49
39. Williams GM, O'Callaghan M, Najman JM, Bor W, Andersen MJ, Richards D, U C (1998) Maternal cigarette smoking and child psychiatric morbidity: a longitudinal study. Pediatrics 102: e11
40. World Health Organization (1992) The ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders, 10th edn. World Health Organization, Geneva
41. Zigmond AS, Snaith RP (1983) The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand 67: 361-370
42. Zilboorg G (1929) The dynamics of schizophrenic reactions related to pregnancy and childbirth. Am J Psychiatry 85: 733-767