Use and misuse of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS): a ten point ‘survival analysis’

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 789-790

  Cox, John ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTHER; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85032822201     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-017-0789-7     Document Type: Editorial

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