Instruments to identify post-natal depression: Which methods have been the most extensively validated, in what setting and in which language?

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-76

  Hewitt, Catherine E ^a   Gilbody, Simon M ^a   Mann, Rachel ^a   Brealey, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy studies; Identification; Post natal depression

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCREENING; PREDICTIVE INDEX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RISK QUESTIONNAIRE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RASKIN DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM CHECK LIST REVISED; ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION;

EID: 77649089592     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651500903198020     Document Type: Article

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