Screening for depression in the postpartum using the Beck Depression Inventory II: What logistic regression reveals

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 427-435

  Conradt, Elisabeth ^a,b   Manian, Nanmathi ^c   Bornstein, Marc H ^c  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Beck Depression Inventory II; Postpartum depression; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; PESSIMISM; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCREENING; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

EID: 84870996760     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2012.743001     Document Type: Article

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