The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale detects but does not distinguish anxiety disorders from depression in mothers of infants

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-108

  Rowe, Heather J ^a   Fisher, Jane R W ^a   Loh, Wai May ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Diagnostic interview; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 45849153830     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-008-0003-z     Document Type: Article

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