The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 2003 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 182, pages 368-368 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: S. Matthey; B. Barnett; T. White;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.182.4.368

The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

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The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; [Cox et al , 1987][1]) is one of the most widely used self-report instruments to screen for depression in the post-partum and antenatal periods. As with all instruments, it is important for validity that the wording of a measure remains faithful to

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