Screening for perinatal depression

This much-needed text provides guidance for health care professionals on the issues and controversies surrounding screening and on good practice in the use of screening tests. The role of the UK National Screening Committee is explored, along with the problems faced when implementing screening progr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Elliott, Sandra (-), Henshaw, Carol, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Jessica Kingsley 2005.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798055306719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Screening for Perinatal Depression; Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; 1.Screening: The Role and Recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee; 2.Advantages and Disadvantages of Screening in Clinical Settings; 3.One Bite of the Cherry: A Resource Dilemma; 4.Two Bites of the Cherry: One Solution?; 5.The EPDS as a Toolf or Identifying New Onset Depression Within the First Postpartum Year; 6.Screening in the Context of Integrated Perinatal Care; 7.The Status of Postpartum Depression Screening in the United States; 8.Screening in Developing Countries
  • 9.Screening Where There is No Screening Scale; 10.Screening for Women at Risk of Serious Mental Illness; 11.Screening and the Role of the Midwife; 12.The Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS); 13.What is the EPDS Measuring and How Should We Use It in Research?; 14.Screening for Perinatal Depression: A Denial of Human Reality?; 15.Acceptability of Using the EPDS as a Screening Tool for Postnatal Depression; 16.What do Black Caribbean Women Think about Screening with the EPDS?; Conclusions; Appendix 1:The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
  • Appendix 2:Bibliography of translations and validation studies; Appendix 3:The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: guidelines for its use as part of a maternal mood assessment; References; The Editors; The Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index