Screening for depression in pregnancy and after birth

Technical summary

MedlinePlus lists screening questions or questionnaires, a clinical evaluation based on symptoms, and blood tests where needed to check for physical conditions such as thyroid disorders as ways a provider may diagnose postpartum depression, and lists completing recommended screening questionnaires during pregnancy and after birth among ways to lower risk. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, a 10-item questionnaire from 1987, has its own page. The atlas records no trial evidence on the effect of screening programmes on women's outcomes, and no screening recommendation was read. This page does not score a questionnaire. The recipient is the pregnant or postpartum woman.