Does an early postpartum Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) really detect the majority of women with elevated EPDS scores at 16-weeks postpartum?

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 811-812

  Matthey, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REFUGEE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADULT; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85026539627     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-017-0763-4     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Cox J, Holden J, Sagovsky R (1987) Detection of postnatal depression: development of the 10 item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Br J Psychiatry 150:782–786
2. Dennis C-L, Merry L, Stewart D, Gagnon AJ (2016) Prevalence, continuation, and identification of postpartum depressive symptomatology among refugee, asylum-seeking, non-refugee immigrant, and Canadian-born women: results from a prospective cohort study. Arch Womens Ment Health 19:959–967