The postpartum depression screening scale: Is it valid to screen for antenatal depression?

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-238

  Pereira, Ana Telma ^a   Bos, Sandra C ^a   Marques, Mariana ^a   Maia, Berta R ^a   Soares, Maria João ^a   Valente, José ^a   Gomes, Ana Allen ^b   MacEdo, António ^a   De Azevedo, Maria Helena Pinto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antenatal depression; Beck Depression Inventory II; Portuguese; Postpartum Depression Screening Scale; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NULLIPARA; POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SCREENING SCALE; PRENATAL DEPRESSION; PRENATAL DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHAME; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051674399     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-010-0178-y     Document Type: Article

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