Post-partum blues and mild depressive symptomatology at days three and five after delivery, A French cross sectional study.
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.
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IPSO, Bordeaux, France.
Leroy
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Dallay
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Verdoux
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Bourgeois
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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