How can we identify vulnerable mothers who do not reach the cut off 12 points in EPDS?

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-49

  Magnusson, Margaretha ^a,b   Lagerberg, Dagmar ^a   Sundelin, Claes ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Children's Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent mental health; Child behaviour; Child health; Infant; Mother

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79960667830     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493510397622     Document Type: Article

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