The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is widely used by health visitors to detect mood changes after the birth of a child. We often hear that women feel like it's a box ticking
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Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for Postpartum Depression: Three Items Better Than Ten - MGH Center for Women's Mental Health
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Paternal Perinatal Depression Assessed by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the Gotland Male Depression Scale: Prevalence and Possible Risk Factors - Magdalena Carlberg, Maigun Edhborg, Lene Lindberg, 2018
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