02 September 2015 02 Sep 2015

The acceptability of case-finding questions to identify perinatal depression

Perinatal depression has been defined as encompassing ‘major and minor depressive episodes that occur either during pregnancy or within the first 12 months after delivery’ (Gavin et al, 2005: 1071), and includes new episodes of depression and pre-existing depression (Matthey, 2004)