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What
causes perintal depression
and who is at risk?
Downloadable materials
Overview
- Perinatal Depression (pdf) (Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa's Perinatal Depression Project)
- Understanding Postpartum Depression (National Institutes of Health)
- Depression During and After Pregnancy: A Resource for Women, Their Families, and Friends (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Latest News
- Fathers Can Also Experience Postpartum Depression (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)
Screening Tools
- Questions to Ask About Depression (pdf) (Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa's Perinatal Depression Project)
- Edinburgh
Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Self-Scoring with Instructions
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) Spanish version - This version of the EPDS screening tool provides instructions to help consumers tally their score and understand what it means. Users are cautioned that the screening tool does not diagnose perinatal depression or anxiety and that, regardless of their score, they need to contact their doctor
Coping
- Tips on Healthy Parenting for Mothers with Depression (National Mental Health Association)
- If I Have Perinatal Depression What Can I Do - (Spanish version) (Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa's Perinatal Depression Project)
- Guide for Parents When Times Are Tough (The Center to Enhance Child Health at the Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, in collaboration with William Beardslee, M.D., Childrens Hospital Boston, MA. Copyright Trustees of Dartmouth College 2004)
Related Issues
- Bonding with Your Baby (Nemours Foundation)
- Depression (National Institutes of Health) Espanol
- Depression: What Every Woman Should Know (National Institutes of Health)
- Men and Depression (National Institutes of Health) Espanol
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