Postnatal psychiatric morbidity: a validation study of the GHQ-12 and the EPDS as screening tools

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Navarro, Purificación ^a   Ascaso, Carlos ^b,c   Garcia Esteve, Lluïsa ^a   Aguado, Jaume ^b   Torres, Anna ^a   Martín Santos, Rocío ^d,e  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EPDS; GHQ 12; Postnatal anxiety; Postnatal depression; Validation

Indexed keywords

12 ITEM GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDINBURG POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33845604524     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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