Subscales measuring symptoms of non-specific depression, anhedonia, and anxiety in the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale.
Objectives. There has been considerable research and clinical interest in the comorbidity of anxiety and depression in the post-partum period, and specifically in the possibility that the commonly used Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) incorporates an anxiety component. We hypothesized tha...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Clinical Psychology Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 153 - 170 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2008
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