title: Screening for depressive symptoms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Several of my female patients of reproductive age seem to be depressed. Is there a simple tool I can use to screen them?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Motherisk is using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to screen for depression. This simple questionnaire is filled out by women while in the waiting room. Using this tool has helped us identify large numbers of women who are at risk of, but have not been diagnosed with, depression. We believe family physicians should use this screening tool extensively with women of reproductive age.
authors.affiliation: Motherisk Team, Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ont.
authors.forename: Asnat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Walfisch
authors.forename: Corey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sermer
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matok
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koren
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Einarson
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009017:Morbidity; D011379:Prognosis