Screening for postnatal depression in Swedish child health care

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 897-901

  Massoudi, Pamela ^a,b,d   Wickberg, Birgitta ^c   Hwang, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Kronoberg County Council   (Sweden)

^c Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

^d Box 1223   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EPDS; Postnatal depression; Primary health care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; STAFF TRAINING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249823696     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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