title: Post-partum blues and mild depressive symptomatology at days three and five after delivery, A French cross sectional study.
abstract: This cross-sectional work studies the prevalence of post-partum blues on days 3 and 5 after delivery and the links between post-partum blues and depressive symptomatology, using standardised interviews and rating scales (Kennerley and Gath Blues Scale. MADRS) to screen a consecutive series of 104 women on days three and five after a normal delivery. This study stresses the possibility of a difference between the symptomatology of a benign "classical" post-partum blues, and that of a more intense blues closer to the spectrum of depressive mood disorders and perhaps post-natal depression.
authors.affiliation: IPSO, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sutter
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leroy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dallay
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verdoux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies