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- Title
Reflections on the notion of post-natal depression following examination of the scoring pattern of women on the EPDS during pregnancy and in the post-natal period.
- Authors
Jomeen, J; Martin, C R
- Abstract
The scoring pattern of case-positive women on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was explored over the antenatal and post-natal period. Individual analysis of EPDS scores over the antenatal and post-natal period revealed a picture of depressive symptom reporting inconsistent with the notion of a distinct and separate entity of post-natal depression. A fundamental assumption that post-natal depression has a typical pattern of comparatively higher post-natal depressive symptomology may be illusory when individual symptom profiles are explored.
- Publication
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 2008, Vol 15, Issue 8, p645
- ISSN
1365-2850
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01282.x