To screen or not to screen - That is the question in perinatal depression

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Buist, Anne E ^a   Barnett, Bryanne E W ^b   Milgrom, Jeannette ^a   Pope, Sherryl ^c   Condon, John T ^d   Ellwood, David A ^e   Boyce, Phillip M ^f   Austin, Marie Paule V ^g   Hayes, Barbara A ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037038174     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04866.x     Document Type: Review

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