Onset and Persistence of Postpartum Depression in an Inner-City Maternal Health Clinic System
Yonkers KA, Ramin SM, Rush AJ, Navarrete CA, Carmody T, March D, Heartwell SF, Leveno KJ. Onset and Persistence of Postpartum Depression in an Inner-City Maternal Health Clinic System. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2001, 158: 1856-1863. PMID: 11691692, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.11.1856.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderDepressive disorderPostpartum womenPostpartum periodCaucasian womenPostpartum depressionDepressive symptomsDisturbed mother-infant relationshipsPostpartum major depressive disorderEdinburgh Postnatal Depression ScaleMaternal Health ClinicPersistent depressive symptomsFirst postpartum visitPostnatal Depression ScalePostpartum depressive disordersStructured Clinical InterviewMother-infant relationshipPostpartum visitPregnant womenClinic populationNonpostpartum womenMaternal disabilityMultistage screening processHealth clinicsDepressed women