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An international study exploring levels of postpartum depressive symptomatology

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In this article, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used to assess postpartum depressive symptomatology among a convenience sample that completed the two questionnaires twice.
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This article is published in Journal of Psychosomatic Research.The article was published on 2000-09-01. It has received 326 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale & Postpartum depression.

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Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries

TL;DR: The evidence is sufficient to warrant interventions for malaria, intrauterine growth restriction, maternal depression, exposure to violence, and exposure to heavy metals, including iron deficiency anaemia.
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Prenatal and Postpartum Depression in Fathers and Its Association With Maternal Depression: A Meta-analysis

TL;DR: Prenatal and postpartum depression was evident in about 10% of men in the reviewed studies and was relatively higher in the 3- to 6-month post partum period, and paternal depression showed a moderate positive correlation with maternal depression.
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Risk factors for antenatal depression, postnatal depression and parenting stress

TL;DR: Risk factor profiles for antenatal depression, postnatal depression and parenting stress differ but are interrelated, suggesting that early identification and treatment of perinatal depression is important.
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Cross-cultural and social diversity of prevalence of postpartum depression and depressive symptoms

TL;DR: The widely cited mean prevalence of PPD-10-15% is not representative of the actual global prevalence and magnitude of the problem, due to the wide range of reports.
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Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

TL;DR: The concepts of power analysis are discussed in this paper, where Chi-square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables, t-Test for Means, and Sign Test are used.
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An inventory for measuring depression

TL;DR: The difficulties inherent in obtaining consistent and adequate diagnoses for the purposes of research and therapy have been pointed out and a wide variety of psychiatric rating scales have been developed.
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Detection of postnatal depression. Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

TL;DR: The development of a 10-item self-report scale (EPDS) to screen for Postnatal Depression in the community was found to have satisfactory sensitivity and specficity, and was also sensitive to change in the severity of depression over time.
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Rates and risk of postpartum depression—a meta-analysis

TL;DR: The average prevalence rate of non-psychotic postpartum depression based on the results of a large number of studies is 13% as discussed by the authors, and the average prevalence estimates are affected by the nature of the assessment method.
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Postpartum depression and child development

TL;DR: Murray, Cooper, The role of the Infant and Maternal Factors in Postpartum Depression, Mother Infant Interactions, and Infant Outcome, and Teti, Gelfand, Maternal Cognitions as Mediators of Child Outcomes in the Context of Post partum Depression.
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