Health visitor intervention in postnatal depression.
Using the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) Ruth Cullinan undertook a study to identify postnatal depression among new mothers in North West Hertfordshire. Following health visitor intervention--which involved six to eight weekly counselling visits--87 per cent of those mothers who had been identified as postnatally depressed had improved.
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D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D003376:Counseling / Q000592:standards*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires