Screening tools for postpartum depression: Validity and cultural dimensions

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-365

  Zubaran, C ^a,b   Schumacher, M ^c   Roxo, M R ^c   Foresti, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Postnatal depression; Postpartum depression; Scales; Screening

Indexed keywords

BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BROMLEY POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVENTORY OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY; POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SCREENING SCALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 78651227718     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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